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tent, and some very fine samples of Siam coffee were shown 

 at the International Exhibition of 1862, sent me by Messrs. 

 Markwold and Co., and by Sir Eobert Schomburgk, the 

 British Consul- General. 



SUMATRA is one of the worst kinds of coffee received 

 from the Eastern Archipelago. The beans are large, dark 

 yellow or brown, and occasionally even black, and the 

 flavour varies considerably. The production in Sumatra 

 averages about 5 to 6,000,000 Ibs., but has often been double 

 that amount. 



CELEBES. "With the exception of Menado, which has 

 large beans of a pale greenish or yellow colour, Celebes 

 coffee is greatly inferior to Java, and it is questionable 

 whether the colour when brought to market is not given by 

 artificial means. The production is about 1,000,000 Ibs. 



PHILIPPINES. Manilla coffee is one of the best of the 

 Eastern kinds, and quite equal to Java. The average pro- 

 duction is about 3,000,000 Ibs. The beans are medium- 

 sized, and of a pale greenish colour. The coffee is shipped 

 in bags of about 150 Ibs., or in cases or chests of 200 Ibs. to 

 300 Ibs. 



OTHER SOURCES. The cultivation of coffee is making 

 rapid progress in the Sandwich Islands. There are now 

 considerably more than half a million trees in bearing on 

 the island, producing upwards of 2,000,000 Ibs. annually 

 the largest proportion of which is shipped to California. 

 Queensland and the northern districts of Australia could 

 raise large quantities of coffee. It is much less laborious 

 than cotton, more fitted for women and children, and, being 

 adapted to the mountain ranges of tropical climates, of 

 course more healthy and invigorating than the sultry plains. 

 The range of mountains varying from twenty-five to thirty 

 miles from the northern coast of Australia, towards Torres 

 Straits, would be admirably suited to the culture. 



