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pounds, or nearly 17^ per cent., due to tlie renewal of trade with the 

 Southern States. It will be noted, by reference to the table of 

 receipts of Java, that in 1864 they were unusually heavy, reach- 

 ing 6,384,908 pounds at New York, while in 1865 only 178,000 

 pounds were received. On January 1, 1866, there was a stock 

 in Boston and New York of nearly 118,000 mats of Java coffee. 

 Prices were more uniform, and the trade transacted business upon 

 a gold basis, so that from June, 1865, quotations are given in gold. 

 The average cost of Kio was 20.65 cents, gold ; Maracaibo, 21.3 

 cents, gold ; J^iva, 25.82 cents, gold. 



— 1866 — 



The record for this year shows an advance of 23f per cent, in 

 consumption, but notwithstanding the increase the distribution 

 still fell far behind that of the years preceding the war. 



The average cost of all kinds, except Java, was below that of 

 1865, the average of Brazil for the year being 18.66 cents, gold, 

 against 20.65 cents in 1865 ; St. Domingo, 17.12 cents, against 

 18.78 cents; Maracaibo, 19.45 cents, against 21.3 cents; Java, 

 26.08 cents, against 25.82 cents. 



— 1867 — 



Consumption continued to increase, and for this year exhibited 

 a gain of 27^ per cent., being the largest reported since 1859 ; 

 the deliveries at New York were 132,335,511 pounds. For the 

 country, exclusive of the Pacific Coast, the consumption was 203,- 

 506,671 pounds, a gain over 1866 of 43,587,790 pounds. Prices 

 ruled lower, the average cost of fair to prime Kio being 17.24 

 cents, or 1.42 cent below the average price in 1866 : Maracaibo 

 averaged 17.69 cents, or 1.76 cent less than for the previous year: 

 Java averaged 24.75 cents, against 26.08 cents in 1866. 



— 1868 — 



Lower prices prevailed, thereby stimulating consumption. 

 The year's business was not very profitable to importers, but the 

 deliveries were almost as large as in the days of free coffee. The 

 average price of Brazil for the year was 15.73 cents, or IJ cent 

 below that of 1867 ; St. Domingo, 14.58 cents, or IJ cent lower ; 

 Maracaibo, 16.38 cents, or 1^ cent less, Java selling at a decline 



