THE COFFEE TRADE. 



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coffee in San Francisco for eleven years, as compared with tlie 

 yearly average price for fair to prime Brazil cargoes in New 

 York, was as follows : 



In examining the following table, showing the highest and 

 lowest price of fair to prime Kio coffee in New York from 1849 

 to 1 880, it will be noted that since 1850 there has been a steady 

 appreciation in price, and that the market has always been sub- 

 ject to wide fluctuations. 



The average yearly price of fair to prime Hio coffee in New 

 York for thirty years, as reported to the New York Chamber of 

 Commerce, was as below : 



From 1861 to June, 1865, quotations are in currency ; after the latter date 

 in gold. 



Coffee was taken from the free list August 6, 1861, and a duty imposed of 4 

 cents per pound ; increased December 25, 18^1, to 5 cents per pound ; reduced 

 January 1, 1871, from 5 to 3 cents per pound, and abolished July 1, 1873. 



The following table exhibits the lowest and highest price of 

 Padang Java yearly from 1858 to 1880, and the average price 



