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The loss by inversion has been divided up and apportioned to the 

 different operations, as shown in the following table: 



Table showing inversion. 



The summary of total inversion for the four weeks shows that 30,393 

 pounds were lost in this way, or 6.21 pounds for each ton of cane, con- 

 stituting 3.37 per cent, of the original amount of sugar present in the 

 sulphured juice. Of this 3.37 per cent., 1.2 per cent, was inverted in 

 reducing the juice to sirup, .41 per cent, in boiling to first massecuite, 

 and 1.76 per cent, in the subsequent operations. It will be noticed in 

 the table that the amount of inversion and its distribution among the 

 various operations varied greatly in different weeks. This is partly 

 due to 



