40 TiMEHRI. 



When the cane-slices have become exhausted of their 

 saccharine contents they are composed of woody matter, 

 water, and slight traces of sugar and other substances, in 

 the proportion of 90*3 0/0 water, associated with 8*7 0/0 

 woody matter ; and they are discharged from the bottom 

 outlet-doors of the diffusors on to a horizontal circular 

 turn-table, placed a little above the ground-line of the 

 battery. Like the shoot upstairs, this turn-table also 

 revolves around the centre-column of the battery, and 

 automatically transfers the exhausted slices from any point 

 of the battery circle to a chip-carrier, which in turn trans- 

 ports them dire£l to the old cane-mill, where they are 

 squeezed as dry as possible, for the purpose of turning 

 them into good furnace-fuel 



Now, gentlemen, I think I have described to you as 

 fully as is possible in such a paper as this, the theory 

 and a£lual pra6lice of diffusion, and you will notice that 

 the old cane-crushing mill is not laid aside as useless, 

 but is utilized as a chip-squeezer and dryer, and I must 

 here mention the undoubted fa6l that by this means the 

 exhausted slices are turned into excellent furnace fuel. 

 It is extremely fortunate that, contrary to general expec- 

 tation, the exhausted slices have really proved such 

 valuable fuel. I doubt very much if they could ever have 

 been profitably utilized in any other manner, and I feel 

 I cannot too strongly emphasize the great success that 

 has attended our efforts in this direction. When I hear 

 or read of people calmly discrediting their value in this 

 respect I cannot help feeling extremely sorry that so 

 much incredulity should exist with reference to this 

 matter. 



We have six coal boilers at Nonpareil. Their 



