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the result of which examination has classed it in the third 

 degree, among those kinds generally esteemed as the best. 



The following figures show the production of coffee in 

 Costa Eica; the bulk of the crop is sent to Great Bri- 

 tain: 



cwts. 



1845 70,000 



1855 ..... 70,709 



1856. ..... 83,000 



1857 . . . . . 95,000 



VENEZUELA. "Within the last thirty years Venezuela has 

 made great progress in coffee culture. The exports, which 

 were not more than 13,000,000 Ibs. in 1833, had risen to 

 15,000,000 Ibs. in 1850 ; but since then the culture has been 

 much interfered with by civil war. The exports from La 

 Guayra were, in 1855, 17,375,000 Ibs.; in 1856, 12,357,000 

 Ibs. ; and in 1857, 16,03 1,000 Ibs. "Washed coffee sells there 

 at 8s. per cwt. higher than the unwashed. 



In Venezuela, the plan followed in drying the coffee is 

 this. The berries are spread out upon hurdles in the sun, 

 where they undergo the vinous fermentation from fourteen 

 to twenty days, and then dry. The bean^ire freed from the 

 pulpy husk by a mill in two operations, and from the parch- 

 ment, &c., by winnowing. Although a single tree may 

 bear as much as 10 to 20 Ibs., the average in Venezuela is 

 under 2 Ibs. An acre planted with 2560 trees yields there 

 an annual crop of about 1100 Ibs. of dry beans. 



In ECTJADOB coffee has of late greatly engrossed the atten- 

 tion of planters, from its superior quality and the increased 

 demand ; it 'commands a higher price than any other product 

 of the country in proportion. As the people are everywhere 

 dedicating themselves to its culture, in a few years it is pro- 

 bable that this country will export a considerable quantity. 



