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TABLE IV. 



Showing where United States receives supplies of coffee from 

 in general and the various kinds consumed : — 



Country. Pounds. 



Africa, 25,000,000 



Arabia, 10,000,000 



England, 5,000,000 



Holland, 5,000,000 



Germany 250,000 



Belgium, 80,000 



Portugal and Spain, 150,000 



Brazil, 400,000,000 



Canada, 500 



Mexico 10,000,000 



Venezuela, 35,000,000 



Colombia, 15,000,000 



Equador and Bolivia, 1,000,000 



West India Islands, 5,000,000 



British and Dutch Guiana, 1,500,000 



Malayan Archipelago, 25,000,000 



British India and Ceylon 5,000,000 



Philippine and Pacific Islands, 10,000 



Sandwich and other Islands, 75,000 



Azores and Cape Verde Islands, 1,500 



French Possessions in Africa, Madagascar 



and Bourbon, 1,500 



Total importation, 600,000,000 



Total value ^80,000,000 



Which, according to the Bureau of Statistics, is about 

 9 pounds per capita, valued at ^1.15 per head, for every 

 man, woman and child in the United States, while it has 

 been ascertained that the consumption of coffee has 

 declined in England in the past ten years to less than 

 one pound per capita of the population as against an 

 increase in the consumption of tea from 6 to 8 pounds. 



