PKODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION. 7 



The shipments from Eio to the United States were in 

 -1859 . . 1,149,441 bags 



1860 . 960,804 



1861 . . 690,270 



1862 . . 390,956 



1863 . . 387,138 



1864 . . 553,120 

 Showing a decrease in the exports from Eio to the 

 United States of 734,650 cwts. per annum, and a 

 decrease in the total production of Brazil of nearly 

 1,000,00) cwts. annually, or more than the total pro- 

 duction of Ceylon and India, that of the former being 

 abouc 800,000 cwts. in 1864, and of the latter less 

 than 200,000 cwts. in the same year. In the current 

 yea' an increase to the former of about 50,000 cwts., 

 and to the latter of about the same quantity is expected, 

 brhging the production up to the amount of the de- 

 ficet from Brazil. Prom Costa Rica and Venezuela 

 the exports have considerably increased of late years, 

 anl the quality of the coffee is good, though not equal 

 to best Ceylon or Indian produce. 



In Java coffee is a Government monopoly, and 

 Government purchases the produce at a fixed price. 

 The average produce is about 1,250,000 cwts. annually. 

 The trade for the last five years is shown in the figures 

 annexed. 



Export of Coffee from Java. 



1859 . . 59,789 tons 



1860 . . 54,638 



1861 . . 61,783 



1862 . . 63,286 



1863 . . 62,400 



