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SUGAR. 



Of our sugar product, the Staoe inspector, Prof, E. B. Cowgill, lias weighed and 

 certified for State bounty 206,326 pounds. We have now in addition and ready for 

 inspection 22,500 pounds. The centrifugals are still running. We estimate that we 

 shall still have, exclusive of seconds, from 7,000 to 10,000 pounds, or, in all, 235,826 

 pounds. This, at 5f cents, present price to jobbers, will produce us $13,559.98. To 

 this add the State bounty of 2 cents per pound, and we have for onr total sugar 

 product $17,276.50. 



TOTAL PRODUCT OF THE SEASON. 



'Sugar, 235,826 pounds, at 5f cents $13,559.96 



Sugar, State bounty, at 2 cents 4,716.52 



17, 276. 50 



Sirups, 51,000 gallons (estimated), at 20 cents 10, 200. 00 



Seed (estimated) ~ 7,000.00 



Value of total produc t ... 34,476.50 



TOTAL COST. 



Cane, 3,840 tons, at $2 7,680.00 



Seed, 967 tons, at $2 - 1,934.00 



9, 614, 00 

 Labor bill from August 15 to October 15, including labor for Department 



experiments 5, 737. 16 



Coal, including all experiments 1, 395. 77 



Salaries, etc 3,500.00 



Insurance, sundries, etc , 1,500.00 



Total.. 21,746.93 



Total value , 34,476.50 



Total cost 21,246.93 



Net 13,229.57 



Of the above labor bill, there has been paid 



By the Department 2, 575. 21 



By the company 3, 161. 79 



Of the above coal bill, there has been paid 



By the Department 324.00 



By the company 1,071.77 



Of the above cane account, there has been paid 



By the Department 324.00 



By the company 9,290.00 



Or, of the above expenditures the Department has paid $3,234.75. Bills are now 

 pending for $3,300, making in all $6.534.75, reducing our total cost from $21,746.93 to 

 $15,212.18, and leaving a profit from the season's work of $19,764.32. It will thus be 

 seen that in the working of the crop, including cane for experimental purposes, the 

 Department of Agriculture has paid or been charged with $6,534.75. This includes 



* The amount of sugar branded was 234,607 pounds. The number of cells full of 

 cane from which the juice was boiled for sugar was 2,501, according to the record of 

 the sugar-boiler. E. B. C, 



