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aDxi^Hy to pUn'ers owiug ta the preaeooe of 
slckae^B which appear tc thrieateD aerionsly 
the fatare of the enterpriser The ciiiti- 
vtitiuo of tapioca htis then iodbparable 
advftutagBB in that respect aud m&y, in the 
long roo, sQTpiaa other colonial coDcama." 
Iq the paap, tspitica planters havd been 
greatlv haouicapped throogh Uok of modern 
mnchincry for manufactniiug Q\k^, tapioca 
-and ur and have applied to 
iaveotors and engineers in vain for sflob 
iooproved anigcia) uieane^ Cf^pable of 
replacing or rednclni^ «hf> J&rge gaogB of 
cooitea ueceaisary lu the present ajatem and 
ihert'by cartail (xpetisea whtla improving 
the oDi^n'. in qaaultty aud in qanintj? aa 
ihesale of these prv.dac>:t h fvejl-uigh 
•onUmittd. 
We are gUd to aay that nith the cd- 
operation of a few friends ne have bet'n 
able to produce ati an^omttt^c maohine that 
will answer the pressiog need^ of the 
tapioca mannfactarer ■ we had it carefally 
•examined by ^n expert eogmeer in Paris 
who msi a few jear^ back one of the brigbb- 
eat Btndent^ of i'Ecole PoljteobDique and 
after adding a few iinprovemeots na'-Damed 
the new apparatn^ " i'ldeia) '\ iuferring 
ibst DO better one conld be foncd. 
This new machine has the g^eat advaot** 
Age Qi dispensiDg with abunt 60 per cent, of 
the )abotir required nnder thd old ajatem, 
while turning out a superior prodnot to 
that! it should be the source of enorntuus 
profits it nti]y placei uoder juiioiuua and 
iDtelligent superriiaioa^ 
