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ence is, of course, due to the use of different 

 meshes in grading. As explained elsewhere, the 

 London cleaners are able to grade according to 

 the demands of the market, and to increase the 

 amount of any grade which happens to be parti- 

 cularly in demand, by the inclusion in it of what 

 might on another occasion go into a different 

 grade. What difference this may cause may be 

 seen by comparing consignments Nos. 3 and 4. 

 This Coffee was shipped together, and was iden- 

 tical. Half was cleaned in Uganda and half in 

 London. The figures are sufficiently remarkable 

 to bear repetition here : 



The difference in price between Bold and 

 Medium is about 3s. per cwt., so that the advan- 

 tage in this consignment was enormously in favour 

 of London grading. 



More remarkable still are the figures relating to 

 sun-dried and artificially-dried Coffee. Consign- 

 ments Nos. 6 and 7 were sent together, and were 

 precisely similar, excepting that one half was sun- 



