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when the spirituous fermentation is at its height, it is 
thrown into the still; this is called a setting, and the 
quantity of molasses added to the skimmings must al- 
ways be in proportion to the richness of the cane juice. 
If the canes are plants, the liquor will be weak, say 2 
gallons of juice to the pound; the settings will then be 
* skimmings;. * molasses ; * water. 
But if the canes be ratoons (after the second year’s 
growth) the quantity of sweets will be reduced in propor- 
tion. No two estates or two fields on the same estate, 
give the same returns from the same proportions on account 
of the perpetual variations in the quality of the canes 
and the consistency of the cane juice ; the following will 
be found to be good common settings, some better, 
none worse. 
When sugar is potted, that is put into the hhds,, in 
which it is find the market, it is allowed two or three weeks 
todrain off the molasses, after which it is called cured. 
The expenses of the sugar cultivation are as follows: 
An Estate of 300 Negroes, valued at £65,000, interest 
at 6 per cent. is... ave ase =e aes 3,900 
Salary of Manager ... “ne aa mae a 300 
| Dey ce) eon ‘B- me =e “es 150 
3 Overseers fe of eat Sas ase 150 
Fish Bi = oe ove ae eee 290 
Clothing ... ee Eee ton 300 
Repairs, Supplies, and loss of Negroes, &c. _.... = 1,500 
£ 6,590 
500 casks of sugar at 60/ per cwt. (15 cwt.) ..- ans 9,475 
400 puncheons of rum at 12d, per gin, wal eve 2,000 
£ 11,475 
* Left open in MS, 
