iti TE wo “ joy » dnd a dog (d 
ervante ” to ae oe. de Chazal’s 
andum 
amphlet on p fibre by Mr. Bvanor de Chazal 
A tement cf the actual results obtained at St. Antoine Hemp 
tory during 60 days' work. 
(Sign gned| . . A. VANDERMEERS 
Acting Suvcyor-Gonona 
. [Excrosune No. 2,] 
rs to queries respecting machines in, Nest at Mauritius for 
| sting, fibres from leaves of Furcrea gigantec 
1. The machine in general use in this Colony is a drum 
of 2 fee 
in diameter by 1 foot in width, upon which are bolted blades 
T in 2- inch L steel, and wh 
mac alled a (“gratte ) seraper 
"the Colony by all mal shops, but chiefly by the * Forges. 
and rase de Puis 
i oht of the n is t 4 ewt., the cost, including the 
Se devine pulley Vd bolts desean of fr amework, masonry, and 
aa. setting), i is about Rs. 250 per * gratte,” 
a, 3. Thi m tte has been in general u use in Mauritius for the last six 
EE 
d “The caching is worked by steam or by water power. 
5. T he registered horse-power to drive one gratte is 
6. : two men who stand on each side of the 
weigl ues and vun to the Manes pits. 
alig of wet fibre for each machi er hour is, onan 
rage, 425 kilog., that is taking eight hours’ work per day, 
ate much as the men can do, the work being ve vibe 
Te vndis per oe of sult hours is per machine (grise) 
TEN net et suppiring on an average 97 kil. of. dry fibre (or 
$ ^/, of.the wet fibre). 
erage c cost in labour, fuel, &c. in ER wt u core. de ware 
, packing, " Milena anche d to the pee ot. BK. 
ntis. sa c 150 
ab o add. other: charges, viz., éollectiog: E EN 
thus, ‘ll management, interest ‘i ap ital, 
abo ut. pee 
The. total m ent Lr one: LI ot fibre vy Ls ies 
: esee. 3 
Simed) A a brace 
Vth área 1 1890. uae ar ciag rile ‘General. 
