Vis average of abe PR be got; of course large, sound, 
straight t logs are preferred, free from worm and rot. I think there is 
teon for quite a good trade i in it. č 
irs, Ke. 
(Signed) GODFREY S, SAUNDERS. 
[No. 2.] 
- Messrs, Goprrey S. Saunpers & Co. to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
5, New n uet London, E.C., 
h April 1890 
R SIR, : 
E THANKS for cd letter of m March which should have been 
: ee dier. but I have been abro 
Unfortu nately I cannot find my vet as to Crab wood ( Carapa 
guyanensis) to which you refer, but my impression is that I thought it 
a redder wood than this Gambia mahogany, Is if not also Be in 
‘Should succeed we'l n. Other kinds are high in price, an rid cargoes 
bringing from 41d. to 61d. per foot super. of 1 inch thick. There 
would be perhaps 353-350 feet to the ton of this wood. 2 
The ood is selling well, but it is xen well gotten ont, 
Or: Mic T sce no reason at all why the other should not do apay 
| we 
s, &c. 
(Signed) GODFREY S. SAUNDERS. 
e 
CLVII.— CEYLON CACAO. 
= Ro Cacao, L.) 
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foi 
a M 
Cacao were obtained from ioris a ioris The cel is ed Cacao 
Venezuela, known as Caracas Cacao, the choice Cacao of Socon eds in 
Mexico, and the selected sorts of Trinidad Cacao were believed to be 
_unapproachable for quality tsar It appears now, how owever, that 
standard which has been su mt by Ceylo: Mese Ti «reset ditor 
received from Mr. J. H. Hart, FLA, Superintendent of the rotaie 
Gardens, Trinidad, he states: “ For several mails I have noted in the 
p. Public Ledger ‘the. increasing cane obtained for Ceylon Cacao in - 
.* eomparison with that obtained for the best Trinidad Cacao, Inthe — 
€ Account Sales dated the 29th Maroh it is shown a that Carlen Cacao. is 
