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COFFEE. 



The total export from Port an Prince (Hayti) from the crop 

 of 1877-78, was 179,904 bags, and from the crop of 1878-79, 

 143,939 bags. The average production of the island is about 

 26,000 tons, the crop not showing very great variation. 



POETO EICO. 



Porto Eico furnishes a coffee that is in great favor in Spain 

 and Italy, and also on the island of Cuba. The cultivation is 

 carried on largely in the provinces of Mayaguez, Ponce, Guaya- 

 nilla, Aguadilla, Arecibo, and St. Johns. 



The exports have been as follows for the years mentioned : 



Cuba absorbed more than half of the crop of 1877, taking 

 8,543,010 lbs. ; Spain and Italy, 2,643,946 lbs. ; Germany and 

 Denmark, 1,027,648 lbs. ; the balance going to England, France, 

 the United States, and sundry other points. 



The bean is somewhat similar in style to the Central American 

 product, varying in color, but mostly greenish. The selections 

 average larger in size than the Kio bean. In flavor this ranks as 

 a mild coffee. A good deal of it has a peculiar taste, approxi- 

 mating to what is usually termed " hidey." The ordinary is not 

 a good flavored coffee, but the finer qualities rank well. 



Of the lesser islands Dominica and Trinidad yield about 3,000 

 tons each, the rest of the group in the West Indies not producing 

 enough to give them a position as coffee-growing countries. The 

 total production of all the West India Islands does not exceed 

 40,000 to 42,000 tons. ^ 



The receipts from Cuba and Porto Eico in aU United States 

 ports have been as follows : 



