3 2S 
TlMEHRI. 
Cost of 2nd Plant as above, $40,000. Interest and 
wear and tear. ... ... ... 
Power 85 H.P. x 7 = 595 coals x 1,200 hours = 
714,000 lbs. at i cent 
Evaporate 7,680 tons 2nd juice to 3,840 tons 1st 
juice = 8,601,600 lbs. water -?- 6 = 1,433,600 lbs. coals at 
i cent 
Labour in Mill House 
Cost of juice from megass to ton sugar 
Cost of juice from cane as above 
$ 
4,000 
00 
2,380 
00 
4,778 
00 
500 
00 
576) 
11,658 
00 
$ 
20 
00 
58 
33 
38 
33 
576 
In favour of extraction from megass over purchasing at 
$3perton $ 220 78 
No. 3 Plant. To extract 70 per cent, from the cane. 
150 H.P. First cost $ 80,000 00 
Interest wear and tear $ 8,000 00 
20,000 tons canes at $3 ... ... ... ... ... 60,00000 
Labour in mill house ... ... ... 6,500 00 
Saving in megass carriers, &c. equal weight 
fuel 1,400)74,500 00 
53 20 
58 33 
$ 5 13 
per ton of sugar in cane juice over 60 per cent crushing, — in both 
instances purchasing canes, $3 per ton. 
Such in my opinion is a fair estimate of the three ways 
of extracting sugar from the cane. 
Diffusion. As long ago as 19th March, 1879, there 
appeared in the Demerara Creole an exhaustive article, 
