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market from Java and Ceylon. Trinidad is followed by 

 " Grenada " ; about of the same value are " Surinam " and 

 " Carupano." Then come the best " Bahia " and the best 

 quality of " Kamerun," while " Samana " and " Thome " 

 are again a little lower in price ; " Accra," " Victoria," 

 and, finally, " Haiti " close the list, with the most inferior 

 sorts. 



Average prices paid for the different sorts on the 

 Hamburg market during the years 1901-1905 are to 

 be found in Stollwerck's book. The average of the five 

 years together may be mentioned here : 



AVERAGE PRICES PAID FROM 1901 TO 1905 ON THE HAMBURG MARKET 

 (in marks for 50 kilograms net ; 1 mark= Is.) l 



Maracaibo and Porto Cabello . . 81J-118 



Caracas 62 -98 



Guayaquil . ' . . . . 65 78 



Ceylon and Java . , . . . 54 -82j 



Trinidad . . , \ . . . 62 -73 



Grenada ... . . . 58 -64 



Kamerun ...... 54 -60 



Bahia ... . . . 54 -59 



Thome . . . . . . 49 -58 



Samana . . ; . . . . 51 -54 



Victoria and Accra . . . . 50-53 



These figures may give an approximation of the 

 value of the most important commercial sorts during 

 1901-1905. Since then, however, the qualities of many 

 cocoa-producing countries have greatly improved, so that 

 San Thome and Accra cocoas are becoming the leading 

 ordinary qualities. 



Some market prices of 1909-1911 on the Hamburg 

 market may be added. 



1 From Stollwerck, I.e. p. 48. 



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