56 



Number of factories 



Laborers employed 



Force employed, horse-power 



Production of su|rar, tons 



Production of molasses, tons 

 Total value of production — 



187 



5:« 



73,485 



63,819 



409,9.16 



331,770 



$54,185,704 



1874. 



543 



74, 875 



69.999 



423,222 



214,017 



$54,294,968 



1875. 



68, 583 



71,335 



463, 122 



199,248 



$54,425,757 



The tax levied by the French government upon home manu- 

 factured" raw sugar is 73.50 francs ($14.90) per 100 kilos;ram3 

 (220 pounds). The duty upon sugar imported in France varies 

 from 65.52 to 71.76 francs per 100 kilograms, according to qual- 

 ity, etc. 



In 1877 and 1878 the sum realized from taxes on home made 

 sugar by the government of France was as follows : 



The cost of manufiacturing sugar from beets is given by Dr. 

 McMurtrie in the following table : 



"Statement of expenses and receipts resultiEg from the transformation of 

 one ton (2,200 pounds) of beets into raw sugar, Nos. 7-9 to No. 13, molasses 

 at 40° and other residues — the beets delivered at the woiks, the sugars deliv- 

 ered at station, molasses and other residues taken at the works." 



[The figures of the tables give the average of four factories, producing 

 annually about 10,000 sacks (220 pounds each) of raw sugar, and working 

 by means of new processes and machinery, double saturation of the juice, 

 triple effect for the evaporation and boiling for crystallization {cui(e en grains) 

 of the syrups.] 



