SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
The percentage of alcohol in solution, the quantities of alcohol 
obtained from the whole bulb, and from the inner and outer parts of 
the core, respectively, are shown in the following table:— 
TABLE I.—MACROZAMIA INVESTIGATIONS. 
Yields of Alcoho! from Bulbs. 
Centea cohol tallons Alcohol 
er Telereneo| uzeoadione™ | rom gaehreruon gens 
Patt smb -| Acta am 
| Inner. | Outer. | Inner. Outer. 
Bateman’s Bay 1 0°80 1°34 | 0°131 | 0°772 0°903 
$ Fi 2 1°55 1:79 | 0-182 | 0°549 0-681 
7 ty 3 1°30 1:01 | 0:222 | 0°439 0°715 
” ” 4 1°39 LSV% | 0247) | 037.75 1:246 
” % 5 2°00 1:06 | 0°457 | 0°720 1177 
a ” 6 2°09 0°56 | 1-010 | 0°273 1:283 
- 7" 7 2°16 0:79 | 1:781 | 0:681 2-412 
Wyong 1 0°34 | 0-94 | 0-009 | 0-134 0-143. 
fs 2 1:16 1:34 | 0:°156 | 0:605 0:761 
rp 3 1:05 0°73 | 0:04) | 0-131 0:172 
Murwillumbah 1 0°13 0-10 | 0:003 | 0-003 | 0-006 
of 2 0°47 0°20 | 0:022 | 0-005 0:027 
hy 3 0°92 0:04 | 0:098 | 6-062 0-100 
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The gallons of aleohol yielded per ton (2,240 lbs.) by the inner and 
outer portion of each undried bulb, and also the gallons per ton yielded 
by each complete undried bulb, were thus obtained, and are given in 
Table IT. 
TABLE IL—MACROZAMIA INVESTIGATIONS. 
Yields of Alcohol expressed in Gallons per Ton. 
1 Gallons Gallons Gallons 
District. Reference | Pure Alcohol Pure Alcohol | Pure Alcohol 
Number. per Ton per Ton per Ton 
Inner Core. Outer Core. Whole Bulb. 
Bateman’s Bay 1 8°38 14°50. 13°13 
' “ 2 18-46 21°77 21-04 
+} Be 3 12°44 9°87 10°54. 
+) cfs 4. 14-08 11°65 12°46 
3 Hy H 5 19-70 10°68 12-99 
rr tf 6 1932 4°86 11°83 
rt) ry} 7 20°35 7°64 13°92 
Wyong 1 2-50 7°68 6°80 
7 2. 10°62 14°42 13°48 
+ res 3 7:10 5°63 5°93 
Murwillumbah 1 1:41 0:69 0:70 
“53 ‘ 2 4°12 1:42 3°05 
at 3 7°56 0:29 4°97 
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