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The chief commercial sources of Cacao are Ecuador, Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Guiana, West 

 Indies, Ceylon, Java, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Cameroons, and Portu- 

 guese Africa (St. Thomas, Principe, Angola). Ecuador is the 

 largest producer. The total output of the World has been 

 estimated (for 1906) at 151,000 metric tonnes (U.S. Cons. Rep. 

 May, 1907, p. 211), equal to 61,091,600 lbs. The total amount of 

 raw cocoa from all sources imported into the United Kingdom 

 during 1906 was 51,670,321 lbs , value £1,335,107 (Trade of Unit, 

 Kingdom, 1907, p. 267). In the same year the Western Province 

 of Nigeria exported 1,153,439 lbs., value £20,893, and the Eastern 

 and Central Provinces exported 466,548 lbs., value £6,151 

 (S. Nigeria Govt. Gaz. No. 26, May 22nd, 1907, Append. Bi. and 

 Bii.). This shows a marked increase on the returns for 1898, 

 when the imports into the United Kingdom from the Niger Coast 

 Protectorate were 139,220 lbs., value £2,980, and from Lagos 

 52,391 lbs., value £1,058. 



The Dock Charges on Cocoa are : landing, 5d. per cwt. ; weighing, 

 repiling, or rehousing, l\d. per cwt. ; delivery to land conveyance, 

 3d. per cwt. ; delivery to water conveyance, \d. per cwt. ; and for 

 rent, 6d. per ton per week (Table of Rates, &c. London and India 

 Docks Co. 1904, p. 22). 



The literature on Cocoa is extensive, and the following list is 

 representative of the more important works. 



Ref. — Le Cacao et le Chocolate, Botanique, Chimique, Physio- 

 logique, Agricole, Commerciale, Industriel, et Economique, 

 Mangin, pp. 1-331, Paris. 1860. — " Cocoa, Its Cultivation, Manu- 

 facture and Uses ; Its Advantages and Value as an Article of 

 Food," Mann, in Journ. Soc. Arts, viii. 1860, up. 775-780, 

 785-790, 795-800, 805-810.— Cocoa, Its Growth and Culture, 

 Manufacture and Modes of Preparation for the Table, Hewett, 

 pp. 1-87 (E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1864).—" On Cocoa and Its 

 Manufacture," Holm, in Journ. Soc. Arts, xxii. 1874, pp. 356-366. — 

 " Oleum Cacao," in Pharrnacographia, Fluckiger & Hanbury, 

 pp. 95-97 (Macmillan & Co., London, 1879).—" Cocoa or Cacao," 

 in Spoil's Encyclopaedia, Div. ii. 1880, pp. 684-690. — Theobroma 

 Cacao, in Medicinal Plants, Bentley & Trimen, No. 38 (J. & A. 

 Churchill, London, 1880). — " Sur la Culture du Cacaoyer," 

 Boussingault, in Journ. de Pharm. et de Chimie, July, 1883, 

 pp. 20-24. — Cacao Planters' Manual, Bartelink, translation by 

 H. J. Vogin, pp. 1-57 (Kirkland, Cope & Co., London, 1884).— 

 Hints on Cocoa Planting, Tobago Agricultural Society, 1886, 

 pp. 1-15. — Cacao, How to Grow and How to Cure It, Morris, 

 Jamaica, pp. 1-42 (Aston, Gardner & Co., London, 1887). — 

 " Cacao " in Tropical Agriculture, Nicholls, Dominica, pp. 110- 

 122 (Macmillan & Co., London, 1892).— Cocoa : All About It, 

 " Historicus," pp. 1-114, illustrated (Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 

 London, LS92). — Kew Bulletin, " Cacao Cultivation in Ceylon," 

 1890, pp. 170-173; "Cacao Cultivation in Grenada," 1893, pp. 136- 

 139 ; " Cacao Cultivation, Gold Coast," with cost of clearing, 1895, 

 pp. 13, 22 ; " Cacao in Ecuador," 1899, pp. 42-45 ; " Cacao Disease 

 in Trinidad," with Plate, 1899, p. 1. — Theobroma Cacao, in Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. Ind. Watt, vi. part iv. 1893, pp. 43-45.— " Cacao 



