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Common name. 



Coifee (Ordinary) 



Coffee (Good Or 

 dinary) 



Botanical name. 



Coffea arabica 



Coffea arabica 



Coffee (Parch- 

 ment) 



Divi-divi 



Fustic (roots) 



Cofl'ea arabica 



Fustic (trunks) 



Cffisalpinia coria- 

 ria 



Chlorophora 

 tinctoria 



Chlorophora 

 tinctoria 



Seasons and prices paid by Merchants to 

 Growers. 



28s. to 30s. per 100 lbs. in January to end 

 of crop in June ; no business to begin- 

 ning of September when new crop started 

 in Manchester at 20s. per 100 lbs., this 

 price was advanced to 22s. during Sep- 

 tember and remained at that figure to 

 middle of October when all crops came in 

 and the price rose to 23s. and 24s. at the be- 

 ginning of November ; in the middle of No- 

 vember the price dropped to 22s. at which 

 figure it remained to the end of the year. 



30s. per 100 lbs. at beginning of January 

 to end of crop in June. This grade of 

 coffee continued to appear after the end of 

 the crop in June to the opening of the new 

 crop in Manchester at the end of August 

 when the price dropped to 23s. per lOOlbs. ; 

 this price was maintained to beginning of 

 November when it rose to 26s. and re- 

 mained at this figure to the end of the 

 year. 



20s. per cwt. (112 lbs.) at beginning of Janu- 

 ary rising to 21s by middle of the month, 

 and 24s. by end of the month. During 

 February to end of March the price 

 remained steady at 15s. per cwt., it then 

 rose to 16s. and remained at that figure to 

 middle of May when it went up to 24s. per 

 cwt. From middle of August to middle of 

 Oct. none was offered, then all crops came 

 in and the price started at 20s. per cwt. and 

 remained at that figure to end of the year. 



5s. 3d. per cwt. for large quantities, sellers 

 finding their own bags ; 4s. 6d. per cwt. for 

 small quantities — January to June. In 

 December the prices paid were £5 per ton 

 for large quantities and £4 10s. per ton 

 for small quantities. 



From January to middle of April 35s. per 

 ton (20 cwts.) and 6s. extra for free on 

 board ; during May and early part of June 

 39s. per ton ; June to beginning of August, 

 43s. ; August and September 48s. ; Octo- 

 ber to end of November 40s. and during 

 December 3(is. per ton. 



From January to middle of April 48s. per 

 ton of 20 cwts., and 6s. extra for free on 

 board ; May to early part of June 523. ; 

 from middle of June to end of September, 

 568. ; from beginning of October to end of 

 November 48s. and during December 44s. 

 per ton. 



