Chapter XXXVIII: Appendix: To Chapter X

NOTE (p. 355).

The following table will exhibit the production of sulphate of ammonia in this country from 1870 to 1892:--

Year. Tons. | Year. Tons. 1870 40,000 | 1882 72,000 1871 41,000 | 1883 75,000 1872 42,000 | 1884 87,000 1873 43,000 | 1885 97,000 1874 45,000 | 1886 106,500 1875 46,000 | 1887 113,700 1876 48,000 | 1888 122,800 1877 52,000 | 1889 132,000 1878 55,000 | 1890 140,000 1879 57,000 | 1891 143,500 1880 60,000 | 1892 157,000 1881 65,000

The following table exhibits the sources, and the respective quantities from each source, of the last seven years' production:--

1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892.

Gas-works 82,500 85,000 93,000 100,000 102,150 107,950 112,000 Iron-works 4,000 5,000 5,300 6,000 5,050 6,300 12,000 Shale-works 18,000 21,000 22,000 23,000 24,750 26,600 28,000 Coke and carbonising works 2,000 2,700 2,500 3,000 2,300 2,800 5,000