ANALYSIS OF COFFEE AND TEA. 



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ANALYSIS OF THE ASH OF THE COFFEE BEAN, AND OF THE LEAVES OF 



GREEN TEA. 



Silica - - - 

 Earthy phosphates 

 Carbonate of lime 

 Magnesia 

 Potash - 

 Soda 



Sulphuric acid 

 Chlorine 

 Organic matter 



rsoroBTioit*, 



Dry 



Ash 



Coffee and tea appear to be exhausting crops, both the bean and leaf being exported, and 

 hence entirely lost to the soil upon which they grew. 



