28 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



PRICES OBTAINED. Coffee. On page 33 we 

 give a table showing prices received for Kivuvu 

 Coffee in the London market over a period of one 

 year. The variation in prices of the different 

 grades depends on the relations of supply to 

 demand. The cleaners in London have a know- 

 ledge of the demand of the day, and are able to 

 grade accordingly. In Uganda we cannot do this, 

 but must always grade to standard sizes. This is, 

 to our mind, the strongest argument which has 

 been brought forward in favour of London clean- 

 ing. The difference in price between London and 

 Uganda cleaned, it will be noted, is not great. It 

 no more than covers the extra cost of shipping 

 parchment and of cleaning in London. 



The high value placed by the buyers on artifi- 

 cially-dried Coffee is particularly gratifying. 

 There were not wanting in Uganda the usual 

 prophecies of disaster following this innovation. 

 Machine-drying, however, had to come if we were 

 to grow large quantities of Coffee, and the fact 

 that Coffee so dried is considered not only equal, 

 but superior, to that which has been sun-dried, is 

 very much in our favour. We believe the prices 

 we record will be considered entirely satisfactory. 



