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109. Owing to the imperfect crushing of the canes in the present 
mills, and the somewhat crude methods of manufacturing the 
sugar, there is a oair loss in nearly all = 
estates in Barbados. According to careful pari hie ae 
the Analytical Chemist and the Superintende of Botunient 
Station, and based on experiments Selenite o over a years, it 
is stated that there is “an ge f over 2,000 pounds of 
“ sugar per acre left in the canes after crushing, which is burnt in 
“the megass hey pa this could have 
“been recovered by more perfect crushing.” This may be 
expressed in another way. In eit arate of imperfect extrac- 
tion, it now requires 13°6 tons of cane to produce one ton of sugar. 
With the best machinery 9°5 tons of cane would be sufficient to 
produce a ton of sugar. The manufacture, go Ae. w Professor 
D’Albuquerque, is equally defective. He states: “For every 
“ 100 pounds sucrose ASAS ge sugar) contained in the juice 
“ not more than an average 5 pounds of ordinary ido 
su i i f i 
imperfect manufacture, of 25 tons of sugar in every 100 tons 
contained in the juice extracted. 
110. There are reasonable grounds for believing that, if central 
factories could be established in Barbados, the sugar industry 
would have a chance of becoming more prosperous. Professor 
Harrison, after a detailed series of experiments, finally arrives at 
the following striking conclusions in favour of cent ral factories : 
ith the average Barbados canes containing 14°5 per cent. of 
“ sucrose, the gain in value of the reee ‘would be approxi- 
; From this mu e 
“ 5s. 9d. per ton of canes, thus leaving a gain of 5s. per ton of 
; w up of cane ra 
“ central factory producing refining crystals. The yield of canes 
“per acre in Barbados in fairly favourable alone may be 
“ estimated at 25 tons, and the gain per acre by the adoption of 
“ the central factory system, at the present range of prices, would 
“amount to £6 ds.’ 
111. According to this statement, if only one half of the area of 
romers estates were to adopt the central factory system, the total 
reased value of the sugar produced wouid amount to nearly a 
quarter ofa million sterling. 
PK at a low rate of interest to establish a oe thr oar. 
equipped Mate factories supervised by thoroughly eeii 
a ble men, includi od chem „if ke 
; ag kept 
to the standard already attained in Barbados, would always result 
in canes of high saccharine quality, while the level character of the 
