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" The value of 75s. to- 77s. per cwt. we give you is for 

 a quantity of, say, about 20 to 100 bags, a shipment of 

 anything under 20 bags would not realise full value. 

 Your samples contain a few beans which appear to have 

 fermented on the way, and were evidently damp when 

 gathered. This would, of course, greatly interfere with 

 the sale of the Coffee, as it gives it a peculiar smell. 

 There have been a few consignments of Uganda Coffee to 

 our market, but of such small quantities that it is difficult 

 to say if a steady demand would be established for same. 

 We have no doubt, however, that fair prices would be 

 realised, as our market is good, and likely to remain so 

 for some time, owing to the comparatively small supplies. 

 With regard to Banana meal, dried Bananas, Wimbi 

 meal and maize, these articles are unknown to us, but we 

 shall be very pleased to inquire for you of the best firm to 

 go to, and we will write again later. We note you wish 

 us to send the Coffee sample to the Imperial Institute ; 

 with your permission we will keep it a few days before 

 doing so, so as to be able to show it to our friends who are 

 interested and deal in coffee. 



" The present value of fair Casengo (African) Coffee is 

 about 73s. to 75s. per cwt." , 



Coffee is now grown by the natives in Uganda in a most 

 haphazard and untaught way. It is of excellent quality, 

 and would certainly repay export. So far as I could 

 gather it occurs now only in Uganda, and chiefly in 

 Buddu and the islands of the Victoria. I could not dis- 

 tinguish any great differences in climate or average soil 

 between Kavirondo and Buddu, and it is, I think, almost 

 certain that all the country bordering the Victoria Nyanza, 

 within say 20 miles, is capable of growing good coffee. It 

 is probable, to my mind, that the area suitable for coffee is 

 enormous ; but, as with all such products, one can only say 

 with certainty that coffee plantations would pay in any 

 spot when one has seen plants at least four years old in 

 a thriving condition. That coffee-growing about the 



