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almost all in Southern India, and about one-half in Mysore. The general tendency appears to 

 be to decrease the area under coffee in the country. The United Kingdom and France take by 

 far the greater part of the coffee exported. 



Jamaica 

 The " Blue Mountain " coffee of Jamaica is famous and commands higher prices than any 

 other kind of coffee. It is grown at elevations between 3,000 and 4,500 feet on estates situated 

 in the beautiful mountain range whence it derives 'its name — in a region where the climate is 

 cool, and rain, alternating with -brrglrfsunshine, is obtainable all the year round. The output 

 of the better grades is limited to rather less than. 8,000 cwt. per annum. The total export 

 of coffee varies, however, between 50,000 cwt. and 100,000 cwt., and it usually stands about 

 third or fourth in order of value amongst the products of the colony. 



British Central Africa 



Coffee is the principal export of British Central Africa, and the Protectorate stands alone 

 in the British Empire in this respect. The introduction of coffee. into the country is quite 

 a recent event, comparatively speaking, having taken place in 1878. By 1896 coffee was 

 by far the most important item in the list of exports. During the last ten years the value of 

 coffee exported has been altogether about £242,000, whilst during the same period the total 

 value of all exports — cotton, rubber, tobacco, and ivory, in addition to coffee — -has been about 

 £350,000. 



The area under coffee reached its maximum in 1901, when it was 16,917 acres ; it decreased 

 more or less steadily, until in 1904 it was 8,867 acres. Last year there was a sudden drop 

 to 4,880 acres. The diminution in coffee cultivation has been due to the general depression 

 in the coffee market and locally to droughts to a considerable extent. .The great fall between 

 1904 and 1905 appears to be due to the increased attention given to cotton. The coffee 

 estates are chiefly situated in the healthy Shire Highlands, and Arabian coffee is almost 

 entirely grown. 



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