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There were exported from Penang to the Continent of Eu- 

 rope the following quantities : 



As before stated, the coffee exported from Singapore is grown 

 on the neighboring islands, and the deficiency of statistics makes 

 any estimate of the production in the Philippine islands more or 

 less liable to question. Dr. Yan Den Berg makes the average pro- 

 duction of the Philippines as follows, in piculs of 125 Amsterdam 

 pounds (U. S. poimds. 136). 



PHILIPPrNES. 



1856 to 1858. 



Flculs. PonndB. 



23,000 2,992,000 



1866 to 1868. 



Piculs. Founds. 



35,000 4,760,000 



1876 to 1878. 



Piculs. Pounds, 



55,000 7,480,000 



The Philippine Islands are said to be peculiarly adapted to. 

 the raising of coffee, producing, with proper cultivation and prepa- 

 ration, a berry which is equal, if not superior, in flavor and aroma, 

 to the Java berry. Public attention was for a time turned with 

 great earnestness to the development of this industry, and rewards 

 were offered by the Economical Society of the Island of Luzon for 

 the best and largest plantations. But, after a prize of $10,000 had 

 been awarded, the plantations were suffered to run to waste, and' 

 their aggregate yield does not now eiceed 3,300 tons per annum. 



From various sources we gather the following figures, showing 

 the exports from Manila, 1870-1880 inclusive, omitting 18Y2, the 

 figures for which year are not obtainable : 



