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facts, — would contain a6lual practical results, not theory. 
What he (Mr. R.) maintained in his original paper, and 
what he held now, that it was essential to the successful 
burning of green megass that the water should be to a 
certain extent eliminated from it. Nothing in either Mr. 
Mann's or Mr. Coster's paper altered his opinion. As 
fuel there was nothing equal to dry megass, even allow- 
ing for the cost of logies. He hoped that in a future 
paper on the subject Mr. Coster would furnish them with 
actual results in the saving of coal. He had been sur- 
prised to observe on estates where they professed to 
burn green megass the extent to which they very fre- 
quently mixed coal and dry megass with it. He did not 
wish it to be thought that he was inimical to the burning 
of green megass. He was still at work upon it, and 
should be happy to give the result of his experiments at 
some future meeting of the Society. 
Mr. Coster said the object of his paper was not to 
shew that there was any saving of fuel in burning green 
megass. Both Mr. Lubbock and Mr. Russell thought 
thece was a saving ; but he believed there was always a 
waste of fuel in burning green megass. At one time he 
thought there was a saving, but he was now convinced 
there was not. 
Mr. Blake said he had paid a visit to the Central 
Factory at Surinam, and found they were burning green 
megass to work the second mill. For the last six months 
the consumption of coal to the ton of sugar had been 
only 5 cwt. 
Mr. Russell inquired what the pressure was. 
Mr. Blake said the expression of juice was from 72 tD 
76 per cent. ; the average would be about 74. 
