WASHED AND UNWASHED COCOA 137 



REPORT II 



A ^ n Eight bags, and three bags. Between 



A.-t>.(jT. A.Jt5.(jr. 



these two species there is no big difference, as the eight 

 bags, No. I, are not fermented enough. As through the 

 longer fermentation the loss in weight is higher by only 

 a small difference in price, the question arises as to 

 whether it is not more profitable to ferment the cocoa 

 only three days. 



A p> p Eight bags. The appearance of this cocoa is 



very poor. As this specimen is only an inferior quality 

 of cocoa, the value is unfavourably influenced by its bad 

 appearance, whereas the appearance of high-grade cocoa 

 is of not so great importance. The price difference 

 between this and washed cocoa we estimate to be 1 to 

 1J pfennig per J kilo. If this small difference in price 

 is due to the method of preparation, it is possibly more 

 profitable to bring the cocoa on the market unwashed, 

 taking the loss in weight into consideration. 



The valuations per \ kilo, of the three specimens are as 

 follows : 



I. About 54 pf. 54:8. per cwt. 

 II. 52J pf. = 52. 6d. per cwt. 

 III. ,, 53 pf. = 53s. per cwt. 



At the time these valuations were given ordinary fer- 

 mented Gold Coast cocoa was valued at 51s. per cwt. 



A small sample of each of the grades numbered A -p n 



A.. -D.ijr. 



and . respectively in the Hamburg reports were 



sent at the same time to Messrs. Hamel Smith & Co., 

 East and West India Merchants, 112, Fenchurch Street, 

 E.G., with a request for expert opinion on them, and the 

 following is an extract from the report received : 



The samples were submitted to Messrs. C. M. & C. Wood- 

 house, who reported as follows : 



" Sample A. Ripe washed cocoa, well cured, but very 

 small beans ; value per cwt. 55s. 



" /Sample B. Good greyish-red, not quite sufficiently 

 cured, fair size ; value per cwt. 55s." 



