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" Para Maranhao," of which yearly 3 to 5 million 

 kilograms come to the market. It is of better quality 

 and higher priced than " Bahia." Most of the " Para " 

 goes to France. 



The taste of " Bahia " is bitter. The colour is dark 

 brown, with a violet tinge, at the outside almost black. 

 The beans measure : 23 mm. long, 14 mm. broad, 4 mm. 

 thick ; average weight, 1 *2 gr. 



"Para" has seeds of a dark reddish colour; they 

 are not so flat as those of " Bahia." 



San Thome 



This cocoa with " Bahia " is the most important 

 representative of the " ordinary " sorts. The exports 

 have reached about 35 million kilograms. 



The market prices vary considerably according to 

 the preparation, which is generally given with good care. 

 The best " San Thome " fetches generally a price a little 

 lower than the best " Bahia " and little higher than the 

 best " Samana." 



Up till lately a great deal of San Thome cocoa went 

 to English manufacturers. As mentioned in Chapter 

 IX. a combination of important English cocoa manu- 

 facturers decided to boycott the San Thome cocoa, 

 because they had philanthropic scruples as to the 

 way in which the labourers were contracted for and 

 treated in San Thome. The object was to induce the 

 San Thome planters to change their labour system. 



The result, however, has been that the cocoa of 

 San Thome now goes to other markets, principally 

 to Germany and Holland, and also to America. 



Trinidad 



The Trinidad cocoa is one of the fine sorts. It 

 ranges immediately after the best Ecuador. 



Besides, the produce of the plantations is very 

 uniform. 



