'The Foh Sing Flour Mill, No. 3, the erection of which on the S00 chow creek near Gordon road has just been completed, was formally opened on Monday afternoon, ands number of foreign business' mex accepted the invitation of the proprietors to Visit and inspect the mill.
The new mill, which has fre storeys and a floor space of Tétt by wait., is the largest single-unit mil in China, There are others having the same output capacity, but these are in two or three or more ult, and are therefore less economical The capital invested in land, build: ings, and machinery, reaches Tk. 210,000, of which sum Tis, 99,0 has been spent upon machiner, American throughout, except the ball bearings for the shafting, th: Intter being supplied by the SEP. Ball Bearing Company, of Gotter burg.
How the Mill is Worked.
Twenty-one double-roller mill, each oft. by 30ft, have been instal led, and are driven by electric motor power supplied by the Municip! Council. The wheat is first cleaned in a separate building, and convey ed into the mill by elevators ani spiral conveyers. The flour is livered in three grades to packer, which pack directly into bags of Th. each, and it is not touched hand from the moment it is de posited into the first cleaning vater, the only hand-work in the whole process being that of sewing up the open end of the sack. The bran is conveyed to building into packers and made into bags of one picul each.
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