. The great cultures of the isle of Java. 30 photos . ed on a filter- 48 ing-clotb where it is left until the following day. Then the substance is put under the press (a kind of case, in the sides of which holes are made covered with linen) in order to extract all the water that it might yet contain. The indigo is now cut in tablets which are laid on long wooden benches for 25 days in order to drv. The last manipulation the tablets have to undergo before being ready for sale is their polishing after leaving the mould. By this means they become of a brilliant pur- ple colour. ^) • § 6. The prod
. The great cultures of the isle of Java. 30 photos . ed on a filter- 48 ing-clotb where it is left until the following day. Then the substance is put under the press (a kind of case, in the sides of which holes are made covered with linen) in order to extract all the water that it might yet contain. The indigo is now cut in tablets which are laid on long wooden benches for 25 days in order to drv. The last manipulation the tablets have to undergo before being ready for sale is their polishing after leaving the mould. By this means they become of a brilliant pur- ple colour. ^) • § 6. The production of indigo in the isle of Java was as follows, viz: 1895 600911 Kos. 1896 616678 1897 779738 „ 1898 852663 „ 1899 658301 „ 1900 614347 ., 1901 613018 „ 1902 601884 1903 721756 „ 1904 522063 1905 331222 1906 289900 ,, 1907 144086 ,, 0 aome manufacturers work with warm water; they 1) For the Natal indig than use whitewash, the exess ol which they remove by acidified water. 300 J 3 F 6 University of British Columbia Library _DATE DUE. FORM No 310 ■:fl: :ii;Hi mm.
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