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Australia. 



Australian coffee-beans are large; color greenish, aroma agreeable; 

 and possess a good flavor. 



Minor Coffee-producing Areas. 



Under this head, one may include Western Africa; the Island 

 of Reunion (Bourbon) ; British Guiana, which produces "Demaerara" 

 coffee; French Guiana, which produces "Cayenne" coffee; Dutch 

 Guiana, which produces "Surinam" coffee; Birmania; Liberia; 

 Fiji Islands; New Guinea; and Samoa. 



§ c. COFFEE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 



Not only is coffee the favorite beverage of many millions of people ; 

 but fhe annual production and consumption of nearly 3,000,000,000 

 pounds of coffee-beans has made it one of the primary economic 

 products of the world. ) In certain countries such as El Salvador and 

 Brazil, coffee is the chief cropj The success or failure of the coffee- 

 crop vitally affects the economic condition of all coffee-growing 

 countries. 



I have briefly summarized by means of the following tables, 

 graphs, and maps, the production of cofFee by countries, the im- 

 portation, the consumption, and other statistical data regarding 

 coffee. Subsequent figures clearly outline the economic development 

 of coffee during the last twenty-five years. 



Annual Coffee Production in Kilogrammes. 



The figures listed below for the year 1900 are compiled from mis- 

 cellaneous sources and are approximate only: 



Year: — 1900. 



Mexico 40,000,000 Kilogrammes. 



Costa Rica 16,215,000 " 



El Salvador 27,280,000 " 



Guatemala 52,000,000 " (Year 1894) 



Honduras 909,000 " (Year 1891) 



Nicaragua 9,000,000 " 



Bolivia 682,000 " 



Brazil 655,620,000 " 



Colombia ? 



