Part 3 — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER X.
Reading edition
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