Diffusion Compared with Double Crushing. 9 



Summing up we have value of 



increased produft ... ... £4,200 



Less : 



Interest and wear and tear ... £i,boo 

 Fuel, 2,280 tons sugar at 19/- 



per ton ... ... ... 2,166 



Extra labour, 2,280 tons at 6/3 



per ton ... ... ... 712 los. 



Packages, 280 tons at 1 4/- per ton 1 96 

 Drogherage, 280 tons at 8/4 per 



ton ... ... ... 116 los. 4,791 



Loss ... £ 591 



If these figures are fairly correft, there does not 

 appear to be any advantage in adopting diffusion on 

 estates where a satisfa6lory double crushing plant 

 already exists. 



In the case where no plant exists, diffusion would 

 compare rather more favourably as the required machi- 

 nery could be somewhat more cheaply erefted, than in 

 the case where it must be in the form of additional 

 machinery. The difference, however, would not be very 

 appreciable. Moreover, the fa6l that a larger capital 

 must be locked up in a diffusion plant than in a double- 

 crushing plant, would deter most people from adopting 

 diffusion, even though the increased profit left a fair 

 rate of interest on the extra capital employed. So long 

 as bounties are allowed to continue, cane sugar pro- 

 du6lion must be looked upon as an extra hazardous 

 industry, and a proportionate profit will be looked for 

 before capital is embarked. 



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