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COCOA-GROWING COUNTRIES 469 



General Expenses Brought forward . . f. 12,384 



9. Wages of manager and overseers . . . . 4500 



10. Taxes 



11. Repairing of houses, boats, sluices, implements 



12. Depreciation on buildings, etc. . 



13. Diversa . 



100 

 1500 

 2000 



616 



(f.l = Is. 8dL). 



Total . f. 2 2,000 



The produce being estimated at 60,000 kilograms, the 

 cost of production of 1 kilogram may be estimated at 

 about 37 cents. With a local market price of 60 cents 

 this estate would make f.37,800 (3000), leaving a net 

 profit of f.l 6,000. 



Of course the expenses vary on different estates ; the 

 above-mentioned expenses are rather low the cost price 

 on other estates may rise to 40 or even 45 cents. 



The cocoa is generally sold to merchants in Para- 

 maribo, who ship it mostly to New York ; only a small 

 portion is sent to Europe and sold in Amsterdam. 



The prices paid by the merchants to the planter 

 in the last few years were as follows : 



PRICES PAID LOCALLY (PARAMARIBO) FOR PLANTATION COCOA 



(in cents per kilogram ; 5 cents = Id.) l 



The averages are made up for the whole lot of 



1 Taken from the local newspaper, De West, of February 10, 1911. 



