1846-47.] ME. PIiriflE's TOTJB TEABS IN TINNETELLT. 11 7 



that a machine might yet be constracted, Messrs. Ar- 



1 • 1 1 J 1 ^1 ri J.J. ' ■ outhnot and 



■wmcn would clean the (Jotton m a manner co.'s letter, 

 equally efficient, and at a less cost. The • J|*^ ^®^^j 

 Statement of Mr. Finnie bears the following aetiim 

 title :—" Tabular Statement, showing the dssTj.p.ses. 

 quantity of seed Cotton cleaned in a day by one 

 Thresher and three Grins, two .of twenty-five saws, and 

 one of twenty saws ; the per centage and quantity of 

 clean Cotton from a given quantity of seed Cotton, and 

 the amount and per centage of waste ; the cost of seed 

 Cotton, cost of separating the seed from the fibre, and 

 total cost per. candy of clean Cotton in Eupees (reduced 

 to English money), and cost per lb. in English money." 



ME. EINNIE'S TABULAE STATEMENT. 



Time required to clean 



No. of Saws, 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton. 



H. M. 



("No. 1 25 15 



Gin3.^No. 2 25 2 7 



( No. 3 20 . . . . about 1 



lbs. 



Total of Seed Cotton in lbs. Avoirdupois 1700 



Total of Clean Cotton in lbs. obtained from the Seed . . 370| 

 Average of lbs. of Clean Cotton obtained from 100 lbs. of Seed 21-81 



Cotton Seed in lbs. after separated from the staple , . I2SO5 

 Average of Seed obtained from 100 lbs. of Si ed Cotton after 



ginning 75-33 



Loss and Trash from Thresher in lbs. 29i 



Do. per 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton .'. .. 173 



Loss and Trash under the Gin in lbs. 18 



Do. on every 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton . . . . 1-06 



Loss and Trash and small particles of Cotton in Flue in lbs, 1 



Do. on every 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton . . . . 006 



Imperceptible loss in lbs j 



Do. on every 100 lbs., of Seed Cotton . . 0-11 



