1 84 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 



Great Britain. 



Since 1830 the consumption of cacao in the British 

 Isles has shown a great and continuous increase, and 

 there is every reason to believe that the consumption 

 will easily keep pace with the rapidly growing pro- 

 duction. One effect of the war has been to increase the 

 consumption of cocoa and chocolate. Many thousands 

 of men who took no interest in " sweets " learned from 

 the use of their emergency ration that chocolate was a 

 very convenient and concentrated foodstuff. 



CACAO BEANS CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION. 



Year. English Tons. 



1830 450 



1840 900 



1850 1,400 



1 860 i ,450 



1870 3,ioo 



1880 4,70 



1890 9,000 



1 900 1 6,900 



1910 24,55 



CACAO BEANS IMPORTED INTO UNITED KINGDOM. 



Total Retained in Home 



Year. Imported the country Consumption 



tons. tons. tons. 



1912 .... 33,600 27,450 24,600 



1913 .... 35,ooo 28,200 23,200 



1914 .... 41,750 29,600 24,900 



1915 .... 81,800 54,40 40,300 



1916 .... 88,800 64,750 29,300 



1917 57>9 53> IO 4 I >3 



The above figures are compiled from the Bulletin 

 of the Imperial Institute (No. I, 1919). The total im- 

 ports for 1918 were 42,390 tons. This sudden and 

 marked drop in the amount imported was due to short- 

 age of shipping. There were, however, large quan- 

 tities of cacao in stock, and the amount consumed 

 showed a marked advance on previous years, being 

 61,252 tons. 



