PHILIPPINES. 



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The receipts of Java at New York from Eotterdam and 

 Amsterdam have been as follows : 



In this connection, it will be of interest to note what propor- 

 tion the importations of all kinds of Java coffee bear to the total 

 imports of coffee into the United States. According to Moring's 

 tables, such receipts constituted, in 1876, 7.13 per cent, of the total ; 

 1877, 5.76; 1878, 5.16 ; 1879, 5.10; 1880, 9.31— the average for 

 five years being 6.48 per cent. ; and yet the fragrant Java is the 

 favorite beiTy throughout a large part of the United States,, and 

 every storekeeper in sections where it is in favor believes he has 

 the genuine article. If we deduct the low grades of Java imported, 

 we discover that a very small quantity of fine brown old Govern- 

 ment Java is consumed in the United States. 



