MOCHA. 
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No. V. 
Calculation of the Cost and Expenses of ^,000 Bales of Mocha Coffee 
conveyed from Mocha, in a Vessel hired for the Purpose, to Suez, 
and thence to Alexandria. 
Dollars. 
2,000 bales of 305 lbs. each, at 50 dollars per bale - 100,000 
Commission to the purchaser, 5 per cent.'^ 
Duty to Egypt - - 7 per cent. V 16 per cent. - 16,000 
Cleaning, shipping, &c. - 4 per cent. 3 
Freight of a vessel from. Mocha to Suez and back, for 5 
months, at 2,000 dollars per month - - - 10,000 
Insurance on 125,000 dollars, at 7 per cent, to and fro - 8,750 
Expenses to Alexandria, as per calculation No. IV. - - 7,857 
Duty at Cairo 3 per cent, on the value there, 120 dollars per 
bale - - - - - - 7,200 
Interest on 100,000 dollars, for 5 months, at 9 per cent. - 3,750 
At 4^. 6J. each - Dollars 153,557 
£. 34,550 6s. 6d. 
In the estimate No. IV. no allowance is made for the risks by land or 
sea, or the wastage of 10 per cent, by the drying of coffee. The Arab 
merchants cover this by the price, which, when 50 dollars per bale at 
Mocha, is at Suez 90 dollars, at Cairo 120, and at Alexandria 137. 
Although three per cent, be the duty levied by the Imaum on all 
coffee exported beyond the Straits, yet he demands seven per cent, on 
all that is sent up the Red Sea, even by Europeans. 
