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453. This estimate does not include the cost of erecting 

 .buildings and sheds, They estimate the daily outturn from 

 .the factory at 2 tons of clean and dry filasse. In the English 

 .market the value of this filasse is about 40 per ton, and 

 the annual gross outturn from the factory may be put down 

 at nearly 4 lakhs of Rupees. An estimate of cost of produ- 

 cing i ton of filasse is given below : - 



Rs. 

 Cost of cultivation including harvesting (at i coolie per 



3 acres) of 40 tons of stalks the produce of about J 



an acre ... ... .,. ... 25 



Cost of decorticating the 40 tons of stalks by the Mac- 



donald process ,.. ... ... 2 o 



Cost of degurnming the fibre from the 40 tons of stalks in- 



- elusive of the cost of chemicals ... ... 36 



Supervision ... ... ... ... 10 



< Freight of i ton of filasse including sacks for baling ... 38 



Brokerage and landing charges ... ... 12 



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. 453. If as much as Rs. 600 per ton (over Rs. 20 per mnd.) 

 can be had for the filasse in the London market the net profit 

 may come to as much as Rs. 450 per ton. If a capital outlay 

 of 2 lakhs of Rupees is incurred in the purchase of 400 acres 

 of land and in building and furnishing the necessary plant 

 and if 300 acres out of the 400 are actually under rhea (the 

 remaining ico acres being taken of by paths, buildings 

 &c.), the net outturn from the plantation and factory may be 

 put down at 2,62,500 Rupees per annum, or over cent, per cent, 

 But an experiment of such a magnitude can be tried only by 

 a millionaire or by a joint stock company. 



454. Mr. Dear's process aims at decorticating the fresh 

 cut stems on the plantations and degurnming the crude fibre 

 in England, where, in Yorkshire, Mr. Dear has equipped a 

 factory tp turn out per day 600 to 1000 Ibs. of fibre ready for 



