CONSUMPTION. 3 



in Spain. From the latest official returns of 

 imports and consumption in the principal 

 countries it appears that over 70,000,000 

 pounds are now used. France heads the 

 list with 26,750,250 pounds ; Spain comes 

 next, with 16,450,000; England consumes 

 13,966,512; the Netherlands, 5,475,000; 

 Germany, about 3,250,000, and Belgium, 

 1,245,000. The United States stands next 

 to Great Britain in the list of consumers, 

 the amount of crude cocoa entered for con- 

 sumption last year being about 8,500,000 

 pounds. The returns of exportations from 

 the countries in which the article is pro- 

 duced are so incomplete that it is im- 

 possible to state definitely the total amount 

 exported ; but it is probably not far 

 from 80,000,000 pounds per annum. 

 Reckoning the consumption in the coun- 

 tries where it is raised at not less than 

 20,000,000 pounds, it may safely be as- 

 sumed that the total annual product does 

 not fall short of 100,000,000 pounds. 



