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The juice received no other treatment whatever for clarification. It was converted 

 to sirup in a double effect vacuum pan. The capacity of this pan was not quite great 

 enough to evaporate the juice as fast as furnished by the battery. For this reason 

 the run which might have been finished in two days occupied a part of a third day. 

 The quantity of cane worked was 200 tons. 



The following is a record of the analytical data obtained : 



TABLE No. 42. Fourth diffusion run, December 29, 30, and 31, 1887. 



Second sugar per ton pounds.. 45.9 



Third sugar per ton (estimated) do *18. 



Caucused... ...tons.. 200 



*0n February 29 I was informed by letter from Governor Warmoth that the third sugars from the 

 fourth run h:id boon dried and weighed, yielding 3,723 pounds, or 18.0 pounds per ton. 



