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urged on by the necessity of dispensing with hand-labour in the factories 

 on estates as far as possible, will encourage the coir-fibre engineers 

 to further activity until finally, with the help of the estate owners, some- 

 thing entirely satisfactory to both sides will be evolved. 



Meanwhile, we can truly state that during the last few years at least 

 one firm of engineers with whom we have been working, have devoted 

 untiring attention in adapting their machines to suit modern requirements, 

 and especially for the treatment of fibre from estates containing 1,000,000 

 trees or more, that is, estates having the fibre of from forty to fifty million 

 nuts to be treated every year. Those desiring information on the subject 

 of the best machine to use must give the fullest information concerning 

 their requirements, both as regards the fibre to be treated, its output, 

 the class of finished article required, and so on. Once these come to 

 hand the makers of the various machines can give reliable advice on the 

 subject. 



We will conclude this section with details of the necessary plant for 

 treating 10,000 husks per day of ten hours, and converting them into fibre, 

 spinning and cabling the fibre into yarn, and manufacturing such yarn 

 into matting, cords, ropes, &c. 



Quantity. Machine. 



Quantity. 



Machine. 





2 Splitting. 



2 



Ballot press. 





2 Husk crusher. 



4 



Hand frames. 





8 Extractor (breaker). 



4 



" looms. 





4 sets Spare lags. 



2 



Braider or plaiter. 





2,000 " pins. 



72 



" bobbins. 





8 Extractor (finisher). 





Bobbin winder. 





4 sets Spare lags. 





Combing. 





2,000 " pins. 





Shearing. 





1 Extractor (special). 





Cop winder. 





500 Spare pins. 





Calendering. 





2 Willowing. 





Measuring. 





24 Brush combs. 





Matting loom. 





4 Fibre cutting. 





Creel. 





1 Hydraulic press. 





Matting loom. 





1 " pump. 





Creel. 





1 Press stop. 





Matting loom. 





1 Milling. 





Creel. 





6 Hackles. 



2 



Compound rope. 





8 Spinners (small). 



2 



" " 





576 " bobbins. 



2 



Rope strander. 





4 Cablers. 



1 



" closing. 





48 " bobbins. 



6 



Bobbins. 





6 Spinners (large). 



2 



Rope strander. 





228 " bobbins. 



1 



" closing. 





4 Cablers (large). 



6 



Bobbins. 





48 " bobbins. 



1 



Rope bailer. 





2 Hanking. 



1 



" coiling. 





The Brake Horse Power required is 130. 

 The space required is 1,000 sq. yd. 



