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from America, partly because of the decline of the sugar 

 industry, causing several sugar plantations to be turned 

 into cocoa. 



From this time the area devoted to cocoa was 

 gradually extended and the exports increased again, 

 reaching in 1870 the amount of 500,000 kilograms, in 

 1880 about one million kilograms, and in 1895 about 4^ 

 million kilograms (4,456,300 kilograms). 



At that time the disease known as " witch-broom " 

 (" krulloten ziekte ") began to attract attention, and 

 year after year the damage experienced was greater. 

 The exports decreased, and in 1904 not more than 

 854,000 kilograms were exported. This was the most 

 critical year ; since then there has been an increase, 

 the exports reaching in 1910, 2,042,500 kilograms. The 

 exceptional drought in 1911 caused again a decline in 

 1911 and 1912. 



The exact export figures are as follows : 



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