Contents* 



VI. Profits of Coffee Culture Continued 



Other Expenses . . . . . . .352 



e. Expenses for the Fourth Year . . . .352 



Weedings ........ 352 



Threshing Floors 1 ..... 352 



Machinery . . . ;. ; . . . 352 



Picking the Fruit . . . . . . 352 



Other Expenses . . . . . . . 352 



f. Resume" of Expenses . . . . . .352 



B. Productiveness of a Plantation in Soconusco . . 353 



C. Profits of Coffee in Soconusco . :. . . . .353 



2. Cost, Productiveness, and Profits of Coffee in Barcenas 



Plantation . . . .... . 354 



A. Cost of Coffee in Barcenas . . . , . . 354 



Nursery and Seeds . . . . . . . 354 



Stakes and Holes ..... , . 354 



Preparation of the Ground . . . . . 354 



Transplanting ....... . 354 



Weedings ........ -354 



Other Expenses ........ 354 



B. Productiveness of Coffee in Barcenas .... 354 



C. Profits of Coffee Culture in Barcenas .... 354 



3. Cost and Profit of Coffee in Ceylon .... 355 

 First Year September, 1865 , ..... 355 



January, 1866 . . . . . . . . . 355 



March to December 31, 1866 . . . . . 355 



Second Year January to December, 1867 . . .. 356 



Permanent Buildings . . . ... . 356 



Third Year January to December, 1868 . . '. . 356 



Permanent Buildings . . . . . . 357 



Crop Expenses . . . . . ... 357 



Recapitulation ...... 357 



VII. Conclusion ....... * 359 



APPENDIX . . . . . 361 



Causes which Determine the Climate of a Locality . , . 361 



1. Latitude ........ .- * 362 



2. Altitude .......... 362 



3. Location of Mountain Chains ...... 362 



4. Proximity or Distance from the Sea . . . . 363 



5. The Inclination which the Country Bears to the Course 



of the Sun ....... . ... , . 363 



6. The Geological Character of the Soil ... . , 363 



