OOFFEE-CONSTJMPTIOIT OF THE WOELD. 



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Honduras, which carry two and a half per cent. All sorts of 

 coffee are sold in the London market, except French West India 

 and Celebes. Hayti and Padang Java are seldom offered. 



The bulk of the supply offered at the public sale comes from 

 the East and "West Indies, Ceylon, and Central America. Car- 

 goes are purchased for any continental port, generally Hamburg, 

 Antwerp, Havre, Trieste, or Marseilles, and occasionally for Bre- 

 men, Copenhagen, or Stockholm. The cargoes thus sold are 

 nearly all Brazil coffee, though in some few instances they in- 

 clude shipments from Porto Rico, and still more rarely from 

 Manila. 



The following market report illustrates the manner of doing 

 business in the London market, and illustrates the relative prices, 

 per cwt., of the various kinds : 



Auction — April, 1881. 



Ceylon— 1,460 caskg, 940 barrels and 



Bmall 6:{s 



low middling to middling. . . 81s 

 good middlint; to good bold 88a 



good to fine bold 101s 



peaberry 100s 



East Indla--6,680 cases and bags : 



Mysore^ medium to bold 115s 



smaU aOs 



Coorg,etc., ens 72s 



medium 78s 



good to bold 90s 



peaberry 98s 



Old Crop, small to bold 63s 



G-uatemala— 6,295 bags — part sold : 

 good to fine ordinary foxy.. 5Sa 

 grayish to fine ord. greenish , 6-^8 



bold to good greenish 72s 



good to fine colory 859 



Mocha — 370 packages — ^part sold : 



short berry (mixed) 988 Od 



Jamaica — 1,090 packages — small part sold: 



old palish (mixed) 46s Od 47b Od 



Santos — 1,58G bags— part sold : 



fair to good greenish 51s Od 63s Od 



washed mottled pale Gids Od 



African — 80 bags : 



fair reddish 47s Od 



Bio — 340 bags — withdrawn. 

 Washed Rio— 690 bags— 



without reserve 57s Od 63s Od 



Central American . . 850 bags. ' 



Costa Rica 350 bags. 



New Granada 44U bags. 



Porto Rico 1,700 bags. 



Manila 100 bags. 



Java 12U bags.. 



chiefly bought in. 



The following table shows the imports, consumption, and stocks 

 of coffee in England on December 31st of each year from 1869 to 



1880 : 



Tear. 



1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



Imports, 



Tons. 

 79,487 

 68,083 

 80,414 

 63,484 

 80,469 

 77,797 



Consump- 

 tion, 



Tons. 

 14,307 

 14,685 

 14,413 

 14,656 

 15,233 

 14,540 



stocks, 

 Dec. Slat. 



Tons. 



17,696 

 9.058 

 18,596 

 15,395 

 15,385 

 19,497 



