dre e Royan GARDENS, Kew, to COLONIAL Ond beer tion 
=. Sn, Royal Gardens, Kew, April 23, 1888. 
= In continuation of my letter of the It instant I am danat 
Mr. Thiselton Dyer to forward to you, for the information of the Govern- 
ment of Trinidad, the enclosed copy of a letter received from Messrs. 
Lewis and Peat, of Mineing Lane, on the subject of cleaning * parch- 
mente 
2. It would appear from this letter that an entirely new aspect has 
been given to the dee of vae for the English market by the 
establishment in London of a factory to clean parchment coffee in a 
ler. 
T A 
tis proposed to treat this subject as regards its bearing upon 
Indian coffee in the K Kew Bulletin for the month of May =a 
g to the falling off of coffee aeris in the East Indies to t 
Setar, it is said, of a million and a quarter ewts. annually, coffee cotta 
on in the West Indies should be largely augmented. The difficulties 
m, &c. 
Edward Wingfield, Esq., (Signed) D. Morris. 
Colon: nial Office, S.W. 
[Enclosure.] 
Massas, Tews AND Peat to Royat Garpens, KEW. 
a 6, Mincing Lane, ; E.C., April m. aas 
io your Tor of the 16th instant we 
"hs. e of importing coffee i in the parchment is largely on on 
increase, and some most satisfactory results have been attai 
e have recently sold large parcels from America which were 
same coffee cleaned on the plantation we obtained 86s. per ewt 
although prices = Rendre were lower, Experience shows that the 
| : the bean from atmospheric Eso rue which 
ct ‘the olor, and in every instance where trials have been made 
Prats $i favour i. peek here. The process is —_ 
is 
o ie We remain, Ae. ES US wm 
(Gee) - Lows & Paar. 
