6 THE NATUKE AND CULTIVATION OF COFFEE. 



The total quantity of coffee consumed in Great Bri- 

 tain in 1864 was about thirty -five millions of pounds, 

 of which nearly thirty millions was the produce of India 

 and Ceylon. The total exports into Europe amount now 

 to about 2 90,000; 000 Ib., and the consumption having 

 of late years increased enormously on the Continent, as 

 will be seen from the annexed table, a rise of price is im- 

 minent as soon as the States of America shall resume 

 their former consumption. The following figures show 

 the exports from England to the Continent : 

 In 1859 . 8,600 tons 



1860 . . 12,743 



1861 . . 13,168 



1862 . . 17,262 



1863 . . 22,161 



France alone consumes one-sixth of the total pro- 

 duction of the world. In 1809 the exports from 

 Jamaica alone exceeded 83,000,000 Ib., whilst at 

 present they do not reach 6,000,000 Ib. In British 

 Guiana the exports have fallen in like manner from 

 9,472,000 Ib. to nothing, scarcely sufficient being now 

 grown for consumption in the colony. In Porto Rico 

 the production has slightly increased, but if we turn 

 to Brazil we find the following results. The exports 

 from Rio were in 



1859 . . 2,026,819 bags 



1860 . . 2,122,334 



1861 . . 2,040,810 



1862 . . 1,486,207 



1863 . . 1,312,902 



1864 . . 1,495,697 



