POLYNESIAN COFFEES. 151 



Recently the natives have planted patches of coffee 

 in the islands of Ccbu and Bohol, small quantities of 

 which have appeared in the European markets, some also 

 being secured from the islands of Yliganand Amboyana. 

 The area of land under coffee cultivation in the 

 Phillipines, and the amount of coffee raised annually is 

 not definitely known, as the plantations are widely scat- 

 tered over the islands of the archipelago, but is usually 

 estimated at about 10,000,000 pounds. The largest plan- 

 tations are situated in the province of Batangas in the 

 island of Luzon, but considerable coffee is also produced 

 independently by the natives in small plots which they 

 sell to speculators, who hold it until they make up a fair- 

 sized shipment, collected in this manner, from the neigh- 

 boring islands. The increase in production, however, has 

 been marked during the past five years, from about 

 10,000,000 pounds in 1888, to over 16,000,000 pounds 

 in 1893, about 6,000,000 pounds coming direct to this 

 country, the remainder being taken by Spain, France 

 and Continental Europe generally. 



Borneo Coffee. — The Liberian plant has been recently 

 introduced into Borneo on a small scale, where it has 

 been found to thrive well but producing a bean greatly 

 modified in size, color and flavor of the original species. 

 It is much smaller, not as convex or brown, but smoother 

 and more pleasing, if anything, in the drink. 



Guinea Coffee. — Rapid strides are being made in the 

 cultivation of coffee in New Guinea, the product ranking 

 with the average of the mild grades of the older 

 countries. 



Samoan Coffee. — The coffee plant has been in exist- 

 ence here for some years, and though thriving luxu- 

 riantly, and the soil and climate being well adapted, it 



