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from Ceylon who are anxious to go into Coffee growing here, 

 and the Minister of Lands is about to have a quantity of 

 suitable land reserved for that purpose. The small farmers 

 are likewise just discovering that Coffee pays better than 

 corn and potatoes when there is a family of children to pick 

 the berries. Several farmers have brought and sold to the 

 merchants of Brisbane green Coffee berries at the rate of 

 lod. per Ib. this season. Consequently the demand for plants 

 has become very great, but fortunately we have an equally 

 large supply on hand to meet it, both of Liberica and Arabica. 

 The great fear we may say the absolute certainty is that 

 leaf-disease, which exists in Ceylon, in Mauritius and Fiji, 

 will sooner or later affect Coffee grown in Queensland." 



This does not exhaust the possible spots in 

 the Pacific where Coffee may be tried with great 

 advantage, but touches upon some chief centres 

 of the planting enterprise. 



SOUTH AMERICA, 



From hence half the world has drawn supplies for 

 a long time indeed u Brazilian Coffee " is an 

 expression bracketed with " Mocha Coffee " and 

 " Ceylon Coffee" all over the civilized globe 

 chance or some happy common virtue of soil or 

 climate having given the produce of these favoured 

 spots especial fame. 



BRAZIL. 



The following is the picture which the author 

 of " Wanderings South and East" gives us of 

 Brazil : 



