will thus bo under.stoo 1 th-vt it i- ■ >•■ i: ,', ri ] .[ \ K , 



prop -Hy Iri ■ 1. <-,p ■ ■; iMy ns ..\-n-.i pli u-g.-j are im-iirro I for ■Irving I, T0# 

 On thr- other haul, care must be taken not to over-dry the coffee, .-is 



the market value ; il is the; 'fore apparent that the greatest care ami 

 experience is required to ascertain when the parchment is in nvdlv 

 prime condition. After drying, coffee inl-n led for husking in London 

 lias only to bo (shipped without further loss of time. 



higher by 



several shillings a hundredweight than the same cotfee when cleaned 

 abroad. Planters are also enabled to market their crop, probably 

 several weeks earlier, than if they have to wair t j husk it themselves. 



where the cop is a heavy one, at a time when it is extremely important 

 all hands sir j, and when this is com- 



plete, on the ;h us increasing 



■ ;' ... 



the coffee done as cheaply as it could be effected on the estate. The 

 outlay on m ;ses would be saved, and 



capital that would be locked up is set free ; further, the dangers of a 

 breakdown are avoided, a very serious matter on estates, where every 

 important piece- of machinery has to be obtained some thousand-, of miles 

 away. Receiving as we do many thousand bags of parchment coffee 

 ; necessarily obtained considerable experience in the 

 are enabled to work each parcel in the way best 

 the requirements of the trade in all its different 





The total cost of receiving from import ship, I ■:• 

 and all the usual operations is 2s. Gd. per cwt. ; which we believe is at. 

 least as cheap as it can ordinarily bo performed by planters, if not 

 cheaper. The charge for drying is extra, and depends en- 

 condition of the parcel, but from what wo have already stated, it is a 

 ■ests, planters should never incur here. 

 The loss in weight f aries largely according to the nature 



of the parchment, an 1 rang.- from about 1 •"> p i • •• it. up to, in a few 

 exceptional cases, about 22 per cent. The average loss is from about 

 18 per cent, to 20 per cent. The whole of the various operations are 

 carried out in o ir bond, d i\ ehou- -. under the iiimn diate supervision 

 of the officers of the Ci M> important guarantee to 



importers that the correct weight, is returned to them ; no customs 

 duty u charged by the Crown authorities on the husk. 



We have occasionally received parcels of coffe 

 to husk, but we cannot recommend this mode of dupnient, though ir. is 



in a !■ w indi\ idn lei- - pi i if. : 

 adopt it. In the first place, it adds unduly to the charge for freight, 



b fine colour as it does if • 

 already detailed, and, of course, (he loss in weight after removal of the 



• to work, and necessitates a charge' of at least Ms-. 9d. per 

 cwt. The foregoing i imarks Apply solely to coffee of the Arabian 



