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differences. Goburdanga Dollo and Jodurhatty Dollo are distinctly 

 whiter than Akrah. 



However, Gnour has been frequently quoted in Capital at a 

 higher price than Akrah. In appearance it is a long way inferior, 

 being a dirty brownish sugar, whereas all the others are greyish 

 white. By its origin also we know that it is an inferior sugar. 



The Kotechandpur refiners get a higher price for their Akrah. 

 In April 1911, Kotechandpur Akrah was selling in Calcutta at 

 Us. 6-10-0 to Rs. 6-12-0 per bazar maund and Kotechandpur Gnour 

 at Rs. 6-2-0 to Rs. 6-6-0. Personal enquiries by the author in the 

 Calcutta sugar market would seem to show that the higher quotation 

 of Gnour than Akrah was a mistake, as the dealers say Akrah 

 always fetches a higher price. 



Dobarrah and Akbarrah Sugars. 



The process of making these sugars has not varied much from 

 what it was 50 60 years ago when Robinson described it. 1 

 Dobarrah is the highest state of refinement except candy to which 

 native sugar is brought. It is made only from Dollo, Akrah or 

 Gnour. As a rule, these are sold direct to big markets such as 

 Calcutta, but when they are only fetching a low price, some of the 

 Khandsaries make them into Dobarrah and Akbarrah sugars, 

 which are very highly refined products. 



In the process, as we have seen it, two under-ground furnaces 

 are prepared, the fuel in use being coke. On each of these a big iron 

 pan is placed. Each was 3' 5" in diameter and 20" deep. Each pan 

 is now about | filled with lime water which had been made by adding 

 1 seer of lime to about 6 maunds of water and after continued 

 stirring allowed to stand overnight. All earthen pans in which 

 Dobarrah and Akbarrah sugars had been prepared and which were 

 now empty are well rinsed in the iron pans to get out any sugar. 

 About 4J maunds of (370lbs.) Akrah sugar are now placed in each 



1 Bengal Sugar Planter, Robinson, p. 83. 



