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the world's consumption in 1918 was 314,882 tons. 

 In several of our larger colonies and in at least one 

 European country there is obviously ample room for 

 increase in the consumption. When one considers the 



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great population of Russia, four to five thousand tons 

 per annum is a very small amount to consume. It is 

 pleasant to think of cocoa being drunk in the ice- 

 bound North of Russia it brings to mind so picturesque 

 a contrast : cacao, grown amongst the richly-coloured 

 flora of the tropics, consumed in a land that is white 

 with cold. When Russia has reached a more stable 

 condition we shall doubtless see a rapid expansion in 

 the cacao consumption. 



