ESTIMATES 



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ESTIMATE OF COSTS, ETC., COMPLETE. 

 50,000 NUTS 



ONE DAY'S WORK 



TO 



50,000 nuts at 

 $40 per 1000 



Oil extraction, as 

 on page 77 ... 



Fibre extraction, 

 as on page 78... 



Interest on first 

 cost of plant 

 and buildings 

 at 5 per cent, 

 [buildings, say, 

 8000 ; plant, 

 say, 15,000 

 (yarn and rope 

 plant omitted)] 



Depreciation, 

 buildings and 

 plant, all at 10 

 per cent. 



Superintendence 



Add cost of pack- 

 ages, etc. 



Freight 



Dock charges, 

 commissions, 

 etc 



Total costs 

 Profit 



s. d. 



233 6 8 



13 3 6 



34 



3 16 8 



7 13 

 10 



403 

 79 



302 2 



40 

 36 



25 



2 

 9 10 



482 10 



BY 



Products 



7*5 tons coco- 

 nut oil at 40 



4*2 tons oil cake 

 at 7 



0*84 tons short 

 fibre at 20 



2-76 tons long 

 fibre at 22 



8*4 tons mat- 

 tress and 

 spinning fi- 

 bre at 



s. d. 



300 



29 8 



16 16 



60 14 



75 12 



482 10 



Estimated profit 79 9s. lOd. per working day, or over 

 23,000 per annum. 



In the above estimates three hundred working days are 

 assumed as being one year, so that the profit is practically 

 100 per cent, per annum on the actual cost of the plant and 

 buildings. 



