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INDIGO. 



Letter to quality. This size is also preferred to the flat 

 6 June 1810. shape (as the sample marked B) at least fourpence 

 to sixpence per pound, and the thin flat shape 

 (such as the sample marked C) is to be avoided 

 when the former sizes can be procured. 



5. Of the broken indigo the largest sizes are 

 preferred, in proportion as they retain more of 

 their original square shape. 



2d. Coat or outside. 



Those indigos which have a whitish coat are 

 much preferred ; the dark clay -coloured coat is 

 not approved ; and a considerable reduction in 

 price is made for indigo which has a thick mossy 

 surface. We have sent specimens of the different 

 descriptions of coats. Samples G, H, and I are 

 of the whitish kind so much preferred ; sample Q 

 is of the dark clay-coloured ; and the sample D 

 is of the thick mossy sort, which last will not sell 

 for so much by one shilling per pound as it would 

 have done had it a coat of the first description, or 

 ninepence per pound of the second, in indigo of 

 equal quality. The white-coated grab, or small 

 broken indigo, is principally bought by the home 

 consumers, as the merchants object to export it ; 

 and as four- fifths of the indigo is exported, of 

 course the principal object is to consult the views 

 of the shipper. 



3d. Limy, 



The buyers do not like those indigoes which 

 break limy or specky. Although the quality may 



not 



