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more than hull" full. When the coffee is sufficiently pounded, the 

 basket is lifted from between the poles and the brans arc thrown 

 into sieves, on which it is cleaned from skin, and white, black, or 

 broken beans. According to the West Indian system, the coffee 

 must now be instantly put in bags, to preserve its greenish co- 

 lour, which is very peculiar. If the green coffee is not instantly 

 sent to the packing stores to be bagged, it must be put up in a 

 very dry place, and be turned over once every day, to prevent 

 heating, which damps and discolors the berry. 



Coffee is grown to some extent in Celebes the average crop 

 being from 10,000 to 12,000 piculs of 133 English pounds. The 

 production has rather fallen off than increased during the last 

 few years. The whole of the coffee grown must be delivered by 

 the inhabitants to the government exclusively, at twelve copper 

 florins per picul. It is much prized in the Netherlands, and main- 

 tains a nigher price in the market than the best Java coffee. As 

 the treatment of the product in Java differs wholly from that 

 which is in vogue in Celebes, and this, in our eyes, is much inferior, I 

 know not whether the higher price is ascribable to the name, or 

 to an intrinsic superiority in quality. It is certain that this cul- 

 tivation is susceptible of much improvement, and might be ad- 

 vanced to a much higher condition. 



From tables given by M. Spreeuwenberg (" Journal of the 

 Indian Archipelago," vol. ii. p. 829) of the quantity of coffee deli- 

 vered from each district of this island, for the years 1838 to 

 1842, it appears that The average annual delivery of coffee was 

 1,288,118 Ibs. 



Of the production of Sumatra I have no details, but a very 

 fair proportion is grown there about five million pounds. 



Production of America and the West Indies. The cultivation of 

 the coffee plant is largely carried on in South and Central Ame- 

 rica and the West India Islands. 



Its culture has greatly increased within the last few years in 

 Venezuela, particularly in the valleys and on the sides of the hills. 

 The exports from La Gruayra, in 1833, were about twelve millions 

 of pounds, being nearly double the quantity exported in 1830. 

 The price there is about ten dollars the 100 Ibs., which is still 

 too high to enable it to enter into competition with the produce 

 of Brazil or Cuba. 



The total produce of coffee in Venezuela in 1839 was 254,567 

 quintals. The quintal is about 10 Ibs. less than the English cwt. 



La Guayra. The exports of coffee from this port in 1796, 

 weiv 283 quintals. 



Quintals. 

 In 1843 . . . . 164,066 



1844 .... 141,934 



1845 , . . 134,585 



Quintals. 



1846 .... 175,346 



1847 .... 130,671 

 1850 .... 179,537 



The exports of coffee from La Gruayra have been declining 

 within the past fc\v years ; the shipments were but 153,901 quin- 

 tals in is.jl, and only 124,623 in 1852. 



