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of treatment. It follows, tliat were such an undertaking contem¬ 
plated on commercial lines, the Railways would have to pay Rs. 4-14-0 
per broad gauge Finns longifolia sleeper treated with 9 lbs. of Solignum 
and Liquid Fuel oil, mixed in the proportion of 4 to 6. 
{b) Cost of treating 470 Dipterocarpus tuberculatus and 500 D. alatus 
metre-gauge sleepers , with a mixture of 33 per cent, of Solignum and 
66 per cent, of Liquid Fuel oil. 
Cost of felling, conversion and extraction of 970 metre - 
gauge sleepers to Pyinmana ..... 
Cost of 33 per cent, of 4-7 lbs. of Solignum required per 
sleeper, for 970 metre-gauge sleepers, costing Rs. 3 
per gallon ........ 
Cost of 66 per cent, of 4*7 lbs. of Liquid Fuel oil required 
per sleeper, for 970 metre-gauge sleepers, costing 4 
annas per gallon in Rangoon .... 
Coolie wages, fuel, and miscellaneous expenses incurred 
in treatment ....... 
5 per cent, on cost of plant . . . ‘ . 
2 per cent, loss by evaporation and leakage . 
Rs. A. p. 
1,212 8 0 
454 11 0 
76 0 0 
296 14 0 
51 0 0 
9 0 0 
Total cost of treating 970 metre-gauge Dipterocarp 
sleepers.2,100 1 0 
Average cost of treating a metre-gauge Dipterocarp sleeper = Rs. 2 2 8 
The cost of felling, conversion and extraction per metre-gauge sleeper 
comes to slightly under Re. 1-4-0; the cost of treatment was therefore 
Re. 0-14-8, to which would have to be added at least 7 annas 4 pies for 
royalty on the timber and for treatment, making a total of Rs. 2-10-0 
per metre-gauge sleeper. 
(c) Cost of treating 460 Terminalia tomentosa broad gauge sleepers with 
a mixture of 33 per cent, of Solignum and 66 per cent, of Liquid 
Fuel oil. 
Rs. A. P. 
Cost of felling, conversion and extraction of 460 broad 
gauge sleepers ....... 
Cost of ird of 10 lbs. of Solignum per sleeper, for 460 
broad gauge sleepers, costing Rs. 3-0-0 per gallon . 
Cost of frd of 10 lbs. of Liquid Fuel oil, required per 
sleeper, for 460 broad gauge sleepers, 5 annas per 
gallon, including freight ..... 
Coolie labour, fuel and miscellaneous charges 
5 per cent, on cost of plant ...... 
2 per cent, due to leakage and evaporation of oil . 
1,561 2 0 
460 0 0 
95 11 0 
116 0 0 
17 0 0 
11 2 0 
Total cost of treating 460 broad gauge Terminalia tomen¬ 
tosa sleepers. 2,260 15 0 
Average cost of treatment per broad gauge Terminalia tomentosa sleeper = Rs. 4-14-8 
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