, 1892-12-28
DEMERARA NEWS.
From the Demerara Aqgosy)

acre SIh6r6 Is lana III tChth ~ i ANS ~2
and tor he had at a nominal price WHICH would
give returns that the best land IN Defherara
never seems to realise. Attention has been
directed to it by some practical planters, ana
it il almost certain that very soon there VIII
he at least one large factory erected ana q "loe
tract put into sugar cultivation.
Regarding our staple industry, a planter OF
the new school, in a private letter to US, gives
his views on the following points, and we
know he will not object to our giving them
publication
"Tbe quality of the canes is Of the first I'M
portance and no trouble nor expense shoula %
spared to have them at The mlLl-door fresh, at
all events, not oil Ter than 30 to ~ hours, Tree
from leaves, tops. water shoots, and fotC II
canes Snch Objectionable stuff carry about one
third the sugar, and from four to I'VE times
the glucose that sound canes do, and work an
incaIcnIable amount Of harm by lowering the
|quotient of purity, one Of the most important
and most Indispensable desideratums IN sugar
making Cane Juice obtained from canes mix
cd with tops, watersheds &c. Will nave a
coeaicient Of purity ranging from 50 to 80,
while from sound canes alone the quOtIent oI
purity will ru from 80 to 80.
The Factory ought to be controlled oy a
Chemist or some one with q thorough know
ledge of sugar chemistry not a fancy man
who will now and then to ohlige the attorney
analyse a samp. of juice but one who VIII
watch the process from the time the cane en-
ters the mill until the sugar IS IN the sack, est
ing at different stages the slrup, ana making
snre there is no loss froIs the Triple Efret
boiling over or q tube leaking, testing scum
cakes now and then to keep loss there down to
OO9. to OIL. The negaSs gong TO furnace
has TO have his attention to keep loss there al
p.. - tlo ov,nlIaet fraction a HERMAN
Chemist with 10 to II years experience u me
1ontine of Beet factories is to be preferred.
with 4 pair Of good mills and everything
else in proportion 1920 water used IN macgr'-
ton. and canes Carrying 1890 sugar, worked on
Lies indicated, no planter need despair OF get
ting lOper cent sugar, crystals and lst Jet moias'
ses sugar alone.0.4 to % more may be obtained
by making a End let molasses, but this requires
an array Of massecuite boxes and q house 70
cover them. and taking into account the wear
and tear.on centrifugals am OF opinion ltlsPre-
ferable to make crystals and LIST molasses SUI
gar only, turning balance into rum or seIiln8
the molaSSes. -
His Excellenoy the Govornos returned from
his short trip, on "Wednesday in the RMS.
Dee having benefited greatly in health by the
six DAVIS furlough. The rumour that he IS on
the eve of leaving the colony is again in active
circulation but we are convinced that 1t IS
not ut all we'll founded. His term OF service
will not expire until December next year,andl 1t
is in the highest degree improbable that the
Colonial Secretary would make a change IN
the ADMINISTRATION, Just at the time when he
important financial work Of the year IS beng
prepared against the annual meeting OF the
Combined Court in March. The extension OF
Lord &ormanstOn's term of service would give
satisfaction to a very large section OF the m
habitants of the colony, for reasons which we
do not think it necessary to set out at the pre-
sent time: but it is an open secret that owing
TO considerations Of health he would prefer to
administer the government of a colony posses
sing a colder climate than ours. Probably ne
will be offered Tasmania a few months hence,
and if the offer is made it is pretty certain to
be accepted. The st. Georges Club, winch IS
considered to be one of the best informed cir
cles in London on colonial affairs, regards Lord
Gormanston'S transference to the Antipodss as
certain to occur, and the appointment
of Sir F. Napier Broome to British
Guiana as equally certain. Governor
Broome has not succeeded very well IN pleasing
Trinidad people but he must have good stun
in him or he would not have succeeded so
quickly in getting his government relieved OF
a knot of very Objectionable officials, whose
misconduct was q disgrace to the service. he
is regarded as a Gberally-minded man, but a
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