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extent of 99*95 per cent. ; the remaining 006 per cent, 

 is water. You will readily understand, therefore, 

 that in buying her sugar the economical housewife 

 must take into consideration its quality, which is to 

 say, its sweetening capacity, in relation to its price. 



There are some large and important refineries 

 situated in the midst of sugar lands ; but others are 

 located in Great Britain, which at present can hardly 

 be said to come within the confines of the sugar-growing 

 world. Amongst all centres of this branch of the 

 sugar industry, a distinguished position has been won 

 by the Sugar Refineries of Messrs. Henry Tate and 

 Sons, Ltd., in London and Liverpool. 



By courtesy of the proprietors, we are now going 

 to have a peep at their world-renowned Silvertown 

 Refinery, on the Thames. 



We will first make our way to the Wharf, whither 

 comes raw sugar from every Continent of the Globe. 

 It matters not whether this raw sugar is made from 

 cane-juice or beet-juice, whether it arrives in the form 

 of Muscovado, or of refining crystals that are grey, 

 yellow, or white ; so long as it all comes up to sample, 

 it is received at this great central factory and tm'ned 

 into refined sugar ere it leaves the premises. Standing 

 on the Wharf, we watch powerful hydraulic cranes 

 hoisting bags of raw sugar from barges and swinging 

 them into a warehouse at the top of the high factory. 

 Other barges are being loaded with boxes of refined 

 sugar, each package bearing the well-known and 

 honoured trade-mark of " TATE " framed in a diamond. 

 And among the numerous scenes of activity on this 

 Wharf, there is one other that is of outstanding interest ; 

 whilst the sugar-bags are being hauled aloft, coals are 



