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buy it from you. The market for Cocoa from last advices is very good and we enclose you Prices 

 Current of our London Firm which we have requested thom to send you direct by each Royal Mail 

 Steamer for the future. The following particulars may interest you in reference to the weights of 

 your Cocoa. According to our shipping weights the gross weights of the four bags of Cocoa were 

 3201bs. less tare for bags say lOlbs., 3101bs. The gross weights as you will see in London were 3191bs. 

 the tare and draft in London was 41bs. per bag. Comparing the gross weights in Jamaica with those 

 in London the loss in weight is only lib., which is simply marvellous and says worlds for the curing 

 of the Cocoa. On the ordinary Cocoa that we buy the loss in weight even though it be re-dried is much 

 more. Yours faithfully, 



Lascelles, de Mercado & Co. 



Account Sales of Cocoa received ex Don S.S. from Jamaica and sold by the Undersigned for Account of 



Messrs Lascelles, de Mercado 8f Co. 

 Account of Jamaica Government — Kingston, Jamaica. 

 J. G. Lot 9. 3 Bags Cocoa Fr. 3s. Id. 2c. Oq. 171b. 



12 2 5 @ 60s. 



Lot 10. 1 Bag " " 0c. 2q. 221b. 



4 2 18 @ 57s. 



£6 2 



8 



1 17 



8 



£8 



4 



4 







£7 16 



4 



Discount 2£ per cent. 



Charges. — 

 Freight on 2c. 3q. 151b. @ 50s. 7s. 2d. 



prim. 4d. ... £0 7 6 



Wharf Charges, 2s. 5d. Discount 4d. 



stps6d. ... 2 7 



Insurance on £10 and stp 1 9 £0 11 10 



Printing and Advertising Is. 6d. In- 

 surance 2d., Rent 2d. ... ... £0 1 10 



Brokerage ... 17 £0 15 3 



£7 11 



Commission 2\ per cent, on £7 16s. 4d. ... 3 11 



Net proceeds duo 30th July, 1892 ... £6 17 2 



E.O.E. London, 15th July, 1892. 



E. A. de Pass & Co. 



The following letter from Mr. Morris, and report from Messrs. Wilson, Smithett & Co., refer to 

 Cocoa obtained from Dr. Neyland, Bachelor Hall Estate, and cured at Hope immediately after the 

 above. This Cocoa has not yet been shipped, but as it was cured about the same time, the report is 

 inserted for comparision. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, 24th June, 1892. 



Dear Fawcett, 



The enclosure is a copy of a report on a sample of Cocoa cured by McNair at Hope. He sent it 

 for my opinion and I have no hesitation in saying that it was excellently cured. 



Any defect that was noticeable in it was due to the sort, and to the fact that some of the beans 

 were not fully matured. 



As you know you cannot alter either of these in the curing. If all Jamaica Cocoa could be so 

 well cured as McNair's sample, the Island would be benefited to the extent of several thousand pounds 

 annually. In fact, the saving effected in this one Industry would more than meet all the expanses of 

 the Botanical Department. With kind wishes, 



Very sincerely yours, 

 W. Fawcett, Esqr., F.L.S. D. Morris 



41 Mincing Lane, London E. C, June 22 nd, 1892. 



Sir, 



We have carefully examined the sample of Cocoa prepared at the Hope Gardens, Jamaica, which 

 you have submitted to us, and report that the colour and appearance are very good, and that it would 

 consequently command a ready sale. 



The market value is 62/ or 63/ per cwt. compared with 56/ or 57/ for ordinary Jamaica Cocoa. 



The bean is dry and crisp, but the shell is rather too brittle and is liable to be broken when 

 packed in large quantities. The value depends more on the appearance than on the fracture which is 

 of too dark and violet a colour to compete with the finer growths in the estimation of manufacturers. 



We are, &c, 



D. Morris, Esq., Royal Gardens, Kew. Wilson Smithett & Co, 



