HISTORY oi Tin: use of cocoa. 51 



India Company, 2s., antl (nr all other Cocoa-nuts imported into Orciit 

 Britain, 3s. No Chocolate ready matlc. or Cocoa paste, shall Ixi 

 imported on pain of forfeiting the same antl double value, and 

 also the bags, casks and other package.* 



Till! history <»t iIk- use ot Cocna lias now been lrac(Ml from its 

 first iliscovery by Columbus in 1494 to ih*,- present time. The 

 gradual development of systematic means of planting, gnjwing and 

 curing the Cocoa bean, the greater facilities for export, the vastly 

 improved methods of preparation with powerful and scientifically 

 arranged machinery, lower duties, and stricter laws against adultera- 

 tion, are all aiding It) raise it in public estimation, so that 

 notwithstanding all the [)rejudices, superstitions and difficulties 

 that have had to be overcome, Cocoa is fast becoming a 

 formidable rival to tea and coffee as a beverage. 



♦ R/\TES OF DUTY OX COCO.A. 



EXCISE. Cl'STOMS. 



llrilLsh Po<oes»ion». Foreign Countries. On Entrj- for Home Consumptioo. 



181S1 IS. lod. per lb. ... 3s. od. per lb. ... from 2 Sd. to 4 V fl- per lb. 



lg,,j IS. od. per lb. ... 2s. 6d. per lb. ... no Customs from 1S20. 

 Excise duties were transferred to Customs from 5th .April, 1S25. 



Itrili*h Po»»c»Nion» within 

 Drilikh Po«C3Aiont in America. the Limit of the F!..-l%i India Forcii;n Couniriev 



Comiwin>'> Charter. 



1826, to 4th July, 6d. per lb i^tl. per lb. is. 3d. per lb. 



iSy., from 5th \ .,1 p^r n, (;tl. per lb is. 3d. per lb. 



July to 183! ' 



i(riti>h P.>**e*viinN, Korri^jn. 



1832 2d. j)cr lb. r.d. fxr lb. 



1844 id. per lb. 4d. per lb. 



'^;|5 1 111. per lb. 2d. and 5 per cent, per lb. 



1853, liritish and P'oreign iil. jK;r lb., to the year 1894. 



