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herewith the estimates for them, in different shapes, for 
your approval. 
The particular novelty of my new patent polishers is 
that they give only 1 per cent. broken rice and no more, 
whereas the other polishers generally give 5 to 6 per 
cent. broken rice. 
Yours faithfully, 
(Sgd.) F. SCHWARZLAS, 
‘Engineer and Manager. 
PRICES OF RICE MILL PLANTS.—DELIVERED AT CHETTA. 
Capacity No Re No ne ee 
Polisher at vee 4,500 2 3,000 2 3,000 2 3,000 
Husking Mill at... 4,600 3 4,800 5 8,000 6 9,600 
Fans, at .. yan? > QOOT- 2 1,800 2 1,800 2 1,800 
Main Shafting, at 2,980 Set 2,980 Set 2,980 Set 2,980 
Counter Shftgs.,at 575 1Set 575 2Sets 1,150 24 Sets 1,437 
Sieves, at ack, ODO MIE 2,400 8 4,800 8 4,800 
Elevator Gear, at... 700 2 1,400 3 2,100 3 2,100 
Engines & Boilers 12 Hp. 1 4,500 20Hp.6,500 34 Hp. 13,200 
Rs. 21,455 Rs. 30,330 Rs. 38,917 
A second Government communication calling atten- | 
tion to the Omaha International Exposition was taken 
for notification. 
The Secretary read the following letter and enclosure 
from Dr. Morris :—- 
Kew, 29 O€tober, 1897. 
Dear Harrison,—I am in receipt of your letter of the 
28 September, respe&ting the samples of coffee sent 
from British Guiana. The latter were duly received and 
I was greatly interested in looking over them. There is 
no doubt coffee can be grown in British Guiana. That 
was evident from the samples. But it was equally evi- 
dent that the preparation of the produce is in a very 
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