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which a small quantity is imported, the amount varying from 

 2,250 to 3,150 tons per annum. Coffee pays customs duty, per 

 kilogram, 2 reals vellon ; municipal duty, per kilogram, 1.08 reals 

 vellon; transitory duty, per kilogram, 1.08 reals vellon; total 

 customs duty, per kilogram, 4.16 reals vellon. The duties on 

 cofEee amount to ahout 39 ^er cent, on cost. Portugal is a very 

 small consumer, also Greece, the two countries not taking, as an 

 extreme figure, over 2,500 tons per annum. The statistics relative 

 to the other parts of Europe show that in Eussia, Sweden, Norway, 

 Asiatic and European Turkey, and Denmark, about 50,000 tons 

 of coffee are used annually. 



Bringing together the figures showing the consumption in the 

 different parts of Europe and the United States, we have the ex- 

 tent of the present demand made by coffee-consuming countries 

 upon the coffee-plantations of the world : 



Tons. 



Average yearly consumption in the United States, 1876 — 1880 156,483 



" " » United Kingdom, 1876— 1880 14,896 



" " in France, 1876— 1880 53,990 



" " inZoUverein(Germany), 1876— 1880 101,655 



" " in Belgium, 1872— 1877 21,718 



» " in Netherlands, 1873-1877 30,730 



" in Austria, 1873— 1878 36,587 



" « in Italy, 1873— 1877 12,635 



" " in Switzerland, 1873—1878 8,150 



" " in Spain and Portugal, estimated 3,000 



" " in other countries in Europe, partly estimated.. . 53,5C0 



Average annual consumption, Europe and North America 493,343 



The quantity of coffee consumed per annum in Europe, ac- 

 cording to the above table, is 335,861 tons, or 38,054 tons less 

 than the distribution as given in the trade circular of Messrs. 

 James Cook & Co., of London. An accurate estimate of the 

 quantity consumed in Europe and North America cannot be made, 

 owing to the lack of official statistics in some countries, to the 

 unknown quantity held as stock beyond first hands, to the want of 

 reliable figures showing re-exports from importing countries, 

 and to the imperfection of existing data ; yet it can be closely ap- 

 proximated, and we feel safe in making the statement that 500,000 



