26 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



past where it is found to flourish luxuriantly, proving 

 the suitability of the soil and cHmate, but in consequence 

 of never being scientifically treated there it has not as 

 yet become an article of commerce from these islands. 

 Coffee cultivation has been successfully introduced into 

 Caledonia and other groups in the South Pacific, which, 

 in the course of a few years, will probably form an impor- 

 tant export, the trees raised there from seed bearing fruit 

 in the fourth year. In Honolulu its cultivation is also 

 progressing, large plantations having been laid out with 

 a view to supplying the markets of Chili, Peru, Sydney 

 and California. 



The mountain ranges on the northern coast of Aus- 

 tralia from Moreton bay to Torres straits, and other parts 

 of that section, are recommended for Coffee cultivation, 

 while in Queensland the plant has long been successfully 

 grown, but it has not as yet become an article of export 

 there, the plantations having recently suffered much 

 from disease. It has been found to thrive well, however, 

 in the vicinity of Brisbane, Cardwell and other northern 

 districts, especially among the sheltered ridges of the 

 Herbert and Endeavor rivers, these sites offering the 

 most favorable conditions, the smaller farmers finding 

 that Coffee pays them better than corn or potatoes, sev- 

 eral of them having recently sold to the merchants of 

 Brisbane some of their product as high as 20 cents per 

 pound. This Hst does not by any means exhaust the 

 possible sections in the South Pacific where Coffee culti- 

 vation has been tried with great advantage, but simply 

 touches upon some of the chief centres adapted to the 

 enterprise. 



