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cannot, be kept up all through, and the average 

 wf T r, perhaps, be not much less than 6d. y with the 

 canganies* penny added. 



We next come to the most important question 

 of all the value of the crop. In the original work 

 this was set down as 56^. per cwt, but the state of 

 the case has here altered very materially for the 

 better, and the actual value of good plantation 

 coffee, in bond in London, is now exactly double 

 that figure! If we deduct from this, \2s. as a set- 

 off against cost of curing, and preparation for ship- 

 ment, freight, loss in weight, Sec., &c., this will leave 

 locxr. per cwt., and no one, as far as I am aware, 

 is at present in a position to say that a continuance 

 of this value must not be looked for. There seems 

 no reason to anticipate any very immediate large 

 increase in the production, while the consumption 

 is more likely to go on increasing than otherwise. 

 The prospects of the market being, therefore, on 

 the whole, decidedly favourable, I see no reason 

 why gos. per cwt. net may not fairly be set down 

 as the realizable price during the next few years. 



Topping^ handling, and pruning. The idea here 

 is to allow *js. 6d. per acre for the first year, 1 5^. 

 for the second, and 1 for the third and subsequent 

 years. 



Stock. As the entire estate should be manured 

 once every five years, it will be necessary to begin 



