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The estimate of the government crop of 1880 is 618,055 piculs. 

 That of private coffee cannot be given in figures, but it is thought 

 that it will equal or possibly exceed that of 18T9. The amount of 

 private coffee given for 1879 includes Palembang and Bali coffee 

 exported from Java, but to what extent cannot be shown. From 

 the above statement, it appears that from 1833 to 1880 inclu- 

 sive, not far from six thousand million pounds, or 2,6Y8,571 

 tons of government and private coffee were furnished to the 

 world by the island of Java, the bulk of which passed through 

 the hands of the Maatschappy and was consumed in "Western 

 Europe. 



Thus far the story of Java coffee has been partially told, and 

 therefore we will pass in the next chapter to an account of the rise 

 and progress of the industry upon the island of Sumatra and 

 other portions of the Dutch East Indies, first stopping to consider 

 the imports of Java coffee into the United States. 



