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rough yes as it had been collecting for some time, and the 
pulpers no t having arrived out there, the means of pulping were 
not adequate. On landing the parcel, we found that there were two 
doubt that the latter was some of the first to be gathered, and that the 
treatment was not thoroughly understood at the time. The two.parcels 
were husked separately, and the 26 bags were found to be much the 
same style of "OF as the three bags that had been cleaned abroad. 
The out-turn after husking, sizing, &c., with the prices realised in 
bond, were as follows :— 
———— Net Out-turn.  |Price per Cwt. 
Cwts. Qrs. Lbs. $45 
Ex 17 bags :— ; 
Bold - - - - - 84.2 3 89 0 
Medium - = - = 0 .2..25 70 0 
Bold peaberry s o4 - DU Sr LO 75 0 
26 bags :— 
Bold s * - - os EE. 1.18 735 6 
Medium = » - - 1:90:96 60 0 
Bold and small peas, with small peas ex | 2 0 5 70 0 
he 17 bags. 
Ex 17 bags - E - - 0:70 19 } 50 0 
Ex 26 bags - - - - 07- Ec. 
3 bags eleaned abroad - - - - PLI 70 0 
The lossin weight on the 43 bags after husking was 32°6 per cent. 
For purposes of comparison, it will, perhaps, mad be fair to take 
t s they were so m 
e 
either of the other lots; but, as a rough comparison, wu 26 s ma 
be contrasted with the three "bags cleaned abroad. The average price of 
the 15 cwt. of the former works out at 72s. 11d. pêr ewt. against 70s. 
per ewt. realised by the latter, and | although we do not pretend hat, oa 
result of one 
the other, yet we think it fairly justifies the conclusion that under? fits 
conditions being able to ship in parchment may be of considerable 
importance to producers. That the best pile in the parcel fetched 89s. 
treated over here. e price we charge for cleaning Liberian parchment 
coffee is 3s. 9d. Mes ewt., as against 2s. 6d. per ewt. for Arabica parchment, 
the operation being very much more difficult, and the charge includes 
all the London warehouse charges mil would be incurred if the coffee 
were sent over after having been clea oad. 
Whether it is worth while MARG Liberian coffee in parchment is à 
question that at least at present we think each individual grower must 
` decide himself, being guided by local conditions and the circum- 
stances of his own ease. A certain amount of labour would be saved 
which on new estates, and where the labour supply is not plentiful, 
Would be of considerable importance, the hands being set free for other 
. work on the estfite. The Europeans in charge would be able to look 
after the potui work of the place, instead of having to superintend the 
T cleaning operations, with the working of which many of them may be 
