THE COFFEE TRADE. 



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The consumption tas, however, very naturally increased under 

 the stimulus of low prices. The average monthly consimiption 

 for the first four months of the years 1879, 1880, and ] 881, was 

 13,805 tons for the Atlantic coast, against an average per month 

 for the first four months of 1881, of 15,217 tons, an increase over 

 the corresponding time in 1880 of 2,821 tons. At London an 

 increase was reported of 344: tons for the first four months of 

 1881 over the same time 1880. Still it is apparent that the supply 

 of coffee is increasing in a faster ratio than consumption, and this 

 is not likely to be disturbed for some years unless some great calam- 

 ity overtakes the crop, while if a disaster should come to some one 

 of the great consuming countries similar to the war that occurred 

 in this country from 1861 to 1866, prices would reach an unusu- 

 ally low level. 



"We here present the range of prices for the year 1880, as 

 taken from the report of the Chamber of Commerce, which shows 

 at a glance the' great decline that occurred between January and 

 December. The average prices for the month and for the year 

 were per 100 pounds. 



Brazil — Fwir to Prime Cargoes. 



