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COFFEE. 



The product of tlie province of Menado, in the northern part 

 of Celebes, is in high favor in the Holland market, where it com- 

 mands a high price, selling for more money than any other kind 

 of Java coffee. Macassar is the shipping port for the southern 

 part of the island, and may be called the main point of shipment 

 for the products of the small adjacent islands. The export from 

 this port has increased rapidly, as wUl be seen by the following 

 figures, which will be used in obtaining a statement of the average 

 amount of coffee available as Java coffee. 



Dr. Yan Den Berg, President of the Java Bank, Batavia, 

 estimates the entire production in the Dutch East Indies, on an 

 average of the three years, 1876-1878, as follows : 



