52 StTGAIl, 



as manure. The cost of cultivating, until t lie pro- 

 duce is ready to be carried to the null, may lie stated 



as under. 





EXPENSE OP CULTIVATING 





100 OELONOS FOR J -1 MONTHS. 







Sjp. Drs. 



C ost of land already cleared (or of cleaning 





forest land) 



2,000 



Chinese overseer, 6) 10 drs. mouth, 



140 



50 Chinese labourers ® 5 drs. (p* d'>. 



3,500 



Agricultural implements 



100 



Houses for people 



50 



Quit-rent, (at a medium fate-) 



75 



Manure, 35 picnls of lish, or 1 catt> to each 





bunch, and carriage ♦ . . 



10 



Total cost of first jear, Sp, drs. 5,875 



Total of 2d. year, or season of 14 months, Sp. drs. 3,^*25 



The mill consists of two vertical rollers, which are 

 either of granite, or sections of the laryrsl and hardest 

 tree, which the frontier forest > ields. These tire put 

 in motion by a pair of buffaloes, working on a Iod£ 

 n ( ked beauu which is attuehedjo the crhlral axis. 

 Thi s, rollers are generally two feet in diameter, and 

 tlu \ rest 00 a platform of wood, which is raised only 

 ab .tit two feet above the buffalo's circular path ; 

 betwixt the latter and the mill, on a level with the 

 buffalo's path, a barrel is sunk in the ground to. 

 receive the cane juice ; to each mill, six hut! aloes are 

 attached, and they work in pairs, and are relieved 

 every two hours, each pair working four hours ; in 

 ail. >>\ reliefs are only thus effected in every twenty- 

 hours, and there are occasional stops and delays. 



Tla boiling apparatus is under the same w ide open 

 Bfaed with the mill- and on the opposite side to it of 



