64 
TlMEHRI. 
III.— Cane from Claremont Estate. 
(Analysed 10 days after being cut. Loss of moisture 12' $o per cent.) 
Bright yellow cane with red patches. Weight, 4*134 
kilogrammes (original weight 4*7 1 4k.) Length, 2*034 metres 
Diameter 4*5 centimetres. Length of joints, 7-1 1 centi- 
metres. The cane gave 63*8 per cent, of juice by mill, 
of density 11 04 at 86 deg. F. equal to 13*6 deg. Bm. 
100 Parts by weight contained : — 
Juice. 
fas 
Cane 
received). 
Cane 
(corrected for loss of 
moisture). 
Sucrose ... 1965 
Glucose ... 3*35 
Sucrose. 
Glucose. 
• 1576I 
.. 278 J 
18*54 
Sucrose ... 1379 | 
\ l6'22 
Glucose ... 2*43 J 
Org. matter 1*29 
Ash . 
.. 0*48 
Ash ... 0*42 
Ash 0*31 
Fibre . 
• 14*13 
Fibre ... 12*36 
Water ... 75*40 
Water . 
. 66-85 
IOO'OO 
Water ... 71*00 
1 0000 
IOO'OO 
The first two samples of cane although yielding abun- 
dance of juice of great saccharine richness must have con- 
tained at the time of reaping considerably less than 16 per 
cent, of total sugar ; and the third sample with juice of an 
original density of about 12 deg. Bm. only slightly exceeded 
that amount, presuming that the loss of moisture has not 
been under-estimated. Prof. HARRISON in the Report 
cited in the footnote on pp. 60 and 61, specifies several 
parishes in Barbados where average canes contain from 
" 16 to i6'5o°/ of total sugars ", but, for reasons that 
will be given subsequently, it is probable that this is an 
exaggerated estimate ; and I think it is still unproved, and 
