Transcriber's Notes
Reading edition
Unusual, inconsistent, erroneous and archaic spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, grammar, typography, etc. have been retained, except as mentioned under Changes below. Many non-English words and phrases and geographical, proper and scientific names in particular contain typographical or other errors.
Page 74, alumnia (2x): possibly an error for aluminia.
Page 132, ...crops of which the first or “roor-pluk,” which is small...: probably an error for “voor-pluk,” (pre-picking).
Page 292, table: the entry for 17¹⁄₂ is not present in the source document.
Page 296, table VII: presumably the bottom 6 rows in column 1 should read 1.000, 1.200, ..., 2.000.
Page 297, Table IX: the values for 1872 may represent the two values 16.48 and 17.27 (before and after the removal of the impost respectively).
Page 298, Showing fluctuations in the coffee market from 1850 to 1867, inclusive: the data given continue through 1885.
Page 300, table entry Petty charges ... bags @ ; furnishing new bags: the price per bag is missing in the source document.
Changes made:
Illustrations were moved out of text paragraphs.
Minor obvious punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Page 31: ...climatic conditions favorable to its production has been found... changed to ...climatic conditions favorable to its production have been found....
Page 46: ...the latter being claimed to be analagous... changed to ...the latter being claimed to be analogous....
Page 86: ...when about two weeks’ old... changed to ...when about two weeks old....
Page 95: An easy meany of applying artificial heat... changed to An easy means of applying artificial heat....
Page 135: ...at least equal to the renumeration changed to ...at least equal to the remuneration.
Page 139: Stored coffees, for this reason, loses weight... changed to Stored coffees, for this reason, lose weight....
Page 142: ...the bean graduing changes to a deep-yellow... changed to ...the bean gradually changes to a deep-yellow....
Page 143: ...by becoming throughly dry and seasoned... changed to ...by becoming thoroughly dry and seasoned....
Page 177: ...Rios improve with age, and with time loses their harsh flavor... changed to ...Rios improve with age, and with time lose their harsh flavor....
Page 210: ...coffee leaves contain the principle coffeine... changed to ...coffee leaves contain the principle caffeine....
Page 213: ...innumerable other substances has been tried... changed to ...innumerable other substances have been tried....
Page 217: ...patent or proprietory ground coffees... changed to ...patent or proprietary ground coffees....
Page 232: A decoction known as Kishre... changed to A decoction known as Kishr... as elsewhere.
Page 271: ...it should be used chiefly as an accessary to food... changed to ...it should be used chiefly as an accessory to food....
Page 295, table: repeated entry 150, 487 50 deleted.
Page 296, table VIII, bottom row: 1360 changed to 13 60.