FIFTY years ago a supply of 150,000 tons of all 

 kinds of coffee was considered sufficient to meet 

 the entire demand of Europe and America com- 

 bined. In 1848, however, these two continents alone 

 consumed upwards of 250,000 tons, which had increased 

 in 1868 to 375,000 tons, and in 1888 to over 700,000 

 tons, or more than double that of fifty years before. 



TABLE I. 



WORLD'S PRODUCTION (ESTIMATED). 



Countries. Weight in Tons. 



Liberia and all other Countries on the West 



Coast^of Africa, 19,500 



Abyssinia and all other Countries on the East 



Coast of Africa, 20,000 



Natal and Cape of Good Hope, 300 



Arabia, Bourbon and Mauritius, 15,000 



British India and Ceylon, 30,500 



Java, Sumatra and Celebes, 60,000 



Bali, Timour and other Islands in the Malayan 



Archipelago, 10,000 



Philippine, Fiji and Samoa Islands, 11,000 



Sandwich and all other Islands in the South 



Pacific Ocean, 1,200 



Cuba and Porto Rico, 25,000 



Hayti and San Domingo, 15,000 



Jamaica and other Islands in the West Indies, . 18,000 



Mexico and Central America, 80,000 



Venezuela and Colombia, 50,000 



Equador and Bolivia, 15,000 



Brazil and other Countries in South America, . 500,000 



Grand total, X^t$ E Li- 875,500 



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