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year, it is certain that the profits would reach about 8 per 

 100 on the whole capital of the Company, 10,000 hectares 

 being then under cultivation. During these two years, large 

 plantations of coffee and cocoa covering another 100.000 hec- 

 tares could be made, so that the third year, besides the 

 8 per 100 profit, on the whole capital subscribed, there 

 would be the net profit of the first crop of coffee to be added 

 to it, and which could not be less than one million of pounds 

 sterling or another 25 per J 00 on the whole capital of the 

 Company. 



The fourth year, it is safe to report that the return of 

 coffee alone will be 2 millions, or 50 per 100 of the whole 

 capital of the Company, which makes a grand total of 

 66 per 100, to which is to be added the amount of the first 

 crop of cocoa, which can be calculated for that year at £ 40 per 

 hectare or € 4.000,000 for 100.000 hectares, which means 

 another 100 per 100 on the whole capital subscribed. The 

 fitfh year, the revenue of the cocoa plantation can be esti- 

 mated at £ 5.000.000, and each succeeding year £ 50 more 

 per hectare until it reaches the grand total of £ 200 per 

 hectare, or £ 20.000.000 pounds sterling for 100.000 hec- 

 tares. 



The revenue of the coffee plantation would also accrue in 

 the same proportions, up to the fifth year, at which time 

 it would reach the fine total of € 3.000 per hectare, or 

 £ 300.000 for 100.000 hectares. 



In the fifth year the revenue of the Company would be as 

 follows : 



40.000 hectares cultivated in plantains, 



maize, etc., nett profit. ... 8 per 100 



100.000 hectares cultivated in coffee . . 75 per 1 00 



lCO.000 — cultivated in cocoa . . 125 per 100 



Total 208 per 100 



The tenth year, when the plantation of cocoa would give 

 its full crop, the revenue of the Company would be as 

 follows : 



10.000 hectares plantains, maize, etc . . 8 per 100 



KiO.OoO — . coffee 75 per 100 



100. 000 — cocoa 500 per 100 



Total 583 per 100 



There are no reasons why it should not continue so, for 

 any length of time, as new plantations could always be 

 made, so as to replace the old ones, and always securing full 

 crops. 



