\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{table:1}Dust mass loss rates and grain lifetimes, $t_{\rm g}$.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} NGC \T & $\dot{M}_{\rm d}/L_{\nu}(\rm K)$\tablefootmark{\dagger} &$\dot{M}_{\rm d}/M$\tablefootmark{\ddagger} & $\dot{M}_{\rm d}(\rm beam)$& $t_{\rm g}$\tablefootmark{\ast} \\ \B & $\frac{M_{\odot}~{\rm yr}^{-1}}{\rm 10^{26}~W~Hz^{-1}}$ &$\frac{M_{\odot}~{\rm yr}^{-1}}{10^{12}~M_{\odot}}$ & $10^{-4}~M_{\odot}~{\rm yr}^{-1}$ & $10^{6}\;\rm yr$ \\ \hline 4371 & 3.80 & 0.00855 & 1.0 & 86\\ 4442 & 3.48 & 0.00712 & 1.7 & 51\\ 4473 & 3.57 & 0.00742 & 1.9 & 46\\ 4474 & 3.71 & 0.00806 & 0.59 &150\\ 4551 & 2.61 & 0.00468 & 0.36 &240\\ 4564 & 4.28 & 0.00959 & 1.3 & 65\\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{\ast}{For an assumed dust temperature of 30~K.} \tablefoottext{\dagger}{The specific dust mass-loss rate per unit $K$-band luminosity.} \tablefoottext{\ddagger}{The mass loss per $10^{12}~M_{\odot}$ of galaxy mass. A dust mass opacity coefficient suitable for amorphous silicate grains has been used.}} \end{table}