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and accomplishes a large proportion of the condensation. This is a 

 very considerable economy. In the final concentration in the strike-pan 

 exhaust steam at about five pounds pressure is employed. 



I believe that the work at Magnolia could be done with a very largely 

 reduced quantity of coal, and possibly with bagasse and a very little 

 wood only, if these improvements were adopted. This would not in- 

 clude the bone-black department. 



