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Beet-root Distillery. 
APPENDIX. 
No. I. — Balance-sheet of two Beet-root Distilleries belonging to M. Cail 
of Paris. 
Farm of La Briche. 
Expenses from 1st to 15th Fehruary, 1859. 
£. s. d. 
197 tons 4 cwls. of root at 12s. 9fZ 126 4 0 
13i cwt. of sulphuric acid* 6 16 0 
135 lbs. of yeast 239 
70 Ihs. of grease 03 7 
120 lbs. of salt 05 5 
80 lbs. of purified oil 1 13 8 
35 lbs. of ox-foot oil 1 2 11 
Wood fuel 6 6 5 
Hand labour 887 
12 empty casks 14 8 0 
Miscellaneous expenses, carriage of goods, &c. .. 0 8 4 
Victuals to the stoker 0 15 0 
Total of expenditure 168 15 8 
Produce. 
£. s. d. 
157 tons 7J cvi't. of pulp, at 6s. 6d. a ton .. .. 50 9 0 
1798 gallons of spirit at 90^, at Is. 4rf., 'equal to about 117 5 11 
168 15 8 
From tlie above it would appear that the gallon of spirit costs about 
1*. 4d. to produce, so that whenever the price is under that figure tliere 
must be a loss. The tabular statement of the prices of spirit in France 
for tlie last 56 years, given below, will show what has been the pecu- 
niary advantage of distilling beet-roots in that country. 
Farm of Les Plants. 
Expenditure from itJi to 23 rd January, 1859. 
£. s. d. 
102 tons 32 cwt. of roots, at 12s 61 11 10 
2 cubic yards of wood fuel, at 4s 0 8 0 
9 tons 6 cwt. coals, at 36s. jier ton 16 14 11 
42 lbs. soap 0 12 2 
325 lbs. sulphuric acid 1 16 11 
50 lbs. of yeast 0112 
25 lbs. oil 0 9 5 
Ccllnrage of 1188 gallons of spirits 10 16 0 
Hand labour, &c. &c 7 5 0 
Total of expenditure 100 5 5 
• Used in the maceratiou tub to act upon the cellular fibrs and facilitate the 
abstraction of the saccharine matter. 
