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jClie average export per annum for thefive years, 1816 to 1880, 

 was 129,389 piculs,, equivalent to 17,596,904 pounds, or 7,856 

 tons. Tlie distribution of tliis quantity was as follows : 



CELEBES. 



In 1832, according to a book of travel published in 1856 by 

 P. Bleeker, the Island of Celebes delivered to the government 

 80 piculs (10,880 pounds) of coffee. From 1826 to 1833, inclu- 

 sive, &e crop averaged 3,860 piculs (524,960 pounds). In 1833 

 it. had reached 6,000 piculs (816,000 pounds); in 1834, 10,000 

 piculs (1,360,000 poimds), dropping' to 4,000 piculs (544,000 

 pounds) in 1835. From that date until 1852 the crop varied 

 from 2,500 piculs (340,000 pounds) to 13j000 piculs (1,7^8,000 

 pounds). The colonial reports state that the deliveries to the 

 government from 1852 w«re as follows : 

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