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Mocha, Java, and other Ead India varie¬ 
ties, are sold at a discount of 1 per cent. 
The following Pro forma account of the 
sale of coffee from Ceylon may be taken 
as representing coffee sold at a discount 
of 1 per cent., and that of the sale of Kio 
coffee as representing coffee sold at. a dis¬ 
count of 2£ per cent.; but, of course, the 
freight and insurance would vary accord¬ 
ing to the port it came from. These sales 
are made out as if the goods were sold 
within one month from arrival. There is 
no charge for rent, as the consolidated 
rate covers that charge for 12 weeks. 
Coffee is always rent-free to the purcha¬ 
ser to the prompt day, and lies at the 
seller’s risk till then, unless paid for. 
Species of Coffee. Roasting, §'c .—The cof¬ 
fees of Jamaica, Ceylon, and Mocha are 
generally esteemed the best ; then follow 
the coffees of Costa Rica, Dominica, Ber- 
bice, Demerara, Bourbon, Java. Martinique 
and Hayti. Arabian or Mocha coffee is 
produced in a very dry climate, the best 
being raised upon mountainous slopes and 
sandy soils. The most fertile soils are not 
suitable for the growth of very line coffee. 
Mr. Bryan Edwards observes, that “a rich 
deep soil, frequently ameliorated by show¬ 
ers will produce a luxuriant, tree and a 
great crop ; but the beans, which are large, 
and of a dingy green, prove, for many 
years, rank and vapid.” And the same 
remark is made by Mr. Crawfurd, with 
