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2Y,98.5 tons. In 1840, they readied 1,068,418 bags, or m the ten 

 years from 1831 to 1840 an average of 48,532 tons annnally. 

 From 1841 to 1850 the product increased to 98,007 tons, and 

 from 1851 to 1860 to 143,671 tons anmially. The curtailment of 

 coffee consumption, consequent upon the civil war, in the United 

 States — the chief market for Brazil coffee — discouraged produc- 

 tion, and the yearly average exports from Kio, from 1861 to 1870 

 did not exceed 138,537 tons. From 1871 to 1875, however, the 

 shipments advanced to an average of 155,912 tons per annum. 

 The total exports from the empire have been as follows, the state- 

 ment showing the quantity shipped from Eio de Janeiro and San- 

 tos, the countries to which the coffee was exported, and the total 

 average supply of Brazil coffee for the past seven years : 



Shi/p'ments from Rio de Jcmeiro. 

 (Bags of 60 kilos, 133 lbs. ; 17 bags to the ton.) 



Average per annum, 176,431 tons = 395,305,440 lbs. 



Shipments froin Scmtos. 

 (Bags, 60 kilos, 133 lbs. ; 17 bags to the ton.) 



Average per annum, 53,718 tons = 118,088,330 lbs. 



