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lb. from St. Thome and Principe; 15,000,000 lb. from 

 Brazil; 11,000,000 lb. from Ecuador; 7,000,000 lb. from 

 San Domingo ; 5,000,000 lb. from the British West Indies ; 

 4,000,000 lb. from Venezuela, and 2,500,000 lb. from the 

 Cameroons in German Africa. Great Britain imported 

 77,000,000 lb. in 1909, the largest amount ever imported. 

 It retained 53,000,000 lb. for home consumption, re- 

 exported 14,000,000 lb,, and added 10,000,000 lb. to the 

 stock on hand. 



France imported 116,000,000 lb., but retained 49,000,000 

 lb., or less than one half, for home consumption. The 

 principal sources of supply are the British West Indies, 

 12,000,000 lb. ; Brazil, 10,000,000 lb. ; Venezuela, 9,000,000 

 lb. ; the French Antilles, 3,000,000 lb. 



A large part of the imports into Holland are from Ger- 

 many and France, although most of the product of the 

 Dutch East Indies is sent to Holland. 



