of tropical America, either in the West India Islands, 



America or tropical South America. The falling off in the production 



of coffee in the Old World •'. a stimulating ieffecl 



txpon coffee cultivation in the ]STew World. ['rices have ruled high and 



The important coffee indii^rries in Guatemala, (..'o-tu Iiiea, and Ihazil 

 have "ready contributed to kee]> up the -uppli •- in the world's markets, 

 and as might naturally lie expected they have in consequence become 



last few years have nearly doubled, and they are now of the annual value 



Attention was called to coffee production in Guatemala in the Kew 

 llulhtin tor November la-i ( 1 sol', p. 2d). It vwh then sought to call 

 into existence a similar indusrrv in the rich 1 ,U . ih. fining Colony 



i 

 xin a few miles over its frontiers. Jamaica i- 



; ■. < ' ■• : -■ ■ : ; .' , • 'i .. 



; nearly the best in the world. Of late ye 



idbooh of Jamaica) 



fcive than formerly, but there 



