SUGAR. 57 



PRODUCE. 



2,000 piculs of fair-clayed sugar ffi 6 drs. ^ 



piiMil, an<l 400 do. dark, 6) 3| per do 13,400 



26,300 gantangs of molasses, & 15 pice {p* 



gautang 2 > 94:i 



1&345 



Balance/ of profit, sp. dollars, 3,770 



The poorer Chinese hire a mill, at one Spanish dol- 

 lar -IP* day, u illiout buffaloes, or attendants. 



DAILY EXPENSES C)K WOHKINfi EACH MILL. 



Drs. Cents. 



I Tinda', < r uianufat 'nrer 0 60 



1 Fire-feeder 0 20 



1 Mill-feeder 0 25 



I \\ ithdraucr nf ram -lia.sli, ul 10 also car- 

 ries the cane juice to the boiling place, 0 30 



1 Buffido-driver . . 0 20 



Hire of cane-cutters and carriers of ditto, 



to the mill 1 00 



50 hillets of firewood 0 00 



Lime and oil, Sec 0 5 



12 claying pots, at one-third oflheir prime 

 cost, as they la 4. on an average, for 3 



H'a>uns 0 GO 



Total, Spanish dollars, 4 00 



Eight <lays' expenses, being for one orlong's 

 produce Sp. dollar, 32 



I'j it ■> s remaining as above, the profit of each sub- 

 seqent season ought to increase beyond the above 



