, 1874-07-22

the growers.
1t is customary in Martinique to make
contracts with the Owners of Estates for
10 years; in Guadeloupe, one large Facto-
ry, D'Arboussier, has contracted for 20
years. The property is always bound to
fulfil the engagement even in case the Own
er disposes of it, and the engagement is
a bond on the property until the time con
tracted for, expires.
The st. Pierre Factory employs 100
Iaborerg, who are paid from u to 2 francs
per day, (women / to u %lrancs). The ex-
pense per annum for Iabour is $4,000
francs, for repairs, 5000 francs, for Goals,
charcoal, h~ogshead8, barrels and bags,
10000 francs. The Factory purchased
last year 8,39I,4G kilos of canes & kilo=
2 lbs. 81 dr. for 22G, 600 francs. The to-
tai Expense was thus 37I 900 francs. They
sold for $4,000 f ancs, giving a profit Of
$4,000 frcs.
The canes, as already mentioned, are
conveyed to the Factory partly by tram
way and partly by a sea-seryice in the
above mentioned punts or lighters lowed
by steam-tugs. The canes are filled in tanks
in the lighters which are lifted up by a kind
of Derrick on landing aud put on a rail
way truck, which conveys them to the cane
carrier. The mill is the usual kind, as
stated above. The megass is carried from
the mill by an elevator over a loft, from
where it is thrown through tunnels direct
to the 6rehoIes, into which it is pushed by
man at each hole, being mixed with coal.
Each boiler has its own smoke stack they
are multitubular and not masoned in. The
juice IS clarified in 6 copper CHARTERS
(round) with double bottoms. BY means
of a double-bored cock, the clear liquor is
drawn into one spout aud the scum into
another. Generally, ? lbs. of lime are used
for 5000 lbs. of liquor. From the clari-
ders the clear liquor passes into the Char
coal Filters, OF which there are IA about
10 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter.
They are capable of containing 30 hectoli-
tres q hectol.=23 Winchester busheIs)
of charcoaI, which can be used 2 to 3 days
before they are returned. The filtered Ii
quor is forced by steam into tanks, from
which it is drawn into the Triple ElIet,
where it is boiled to 250 Beaume. The
Triple Ef5t has a wet air-pump.
From the Triple EGet the syrup
is passed over the charcoal, and
at this stage it looks very dark. It is now
taken up by the Vacuum Pans and boiled
to sugar. There are two pans, the larger
capable Of containing II hhds. The
product at this stage e Masse cuite'0 is
left to cool ia small iron coolers, holding
from so to 90 lbs, from 8 to 10 hours it
is then mixed in an apparatus with a little
water, and thrown juto the CentrifugaIs
(Turbines), where it is cured with about
2 pints OF water in each, and after that
with a Jet of steam from l to 5 minutes.
The molas8es from the Centrifugals is
boiled up, when found in good condition,
with the syrup Of the following day;
when thick and clammy, it is boiled into
jelly and dropped into sugar boxes,
where it is allowed to g~ranulate for days.
This makes second quality sugar, and the
moIasses from this, along with the skim
mings and the subsiding Of CHARTERS, go
to make run.
The next day we proceeded by Steamer
to Fort de France, and visited the Pointe
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