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14,254 tons of rubber from the Amazon in 1900 and the United 

 States 12,621 tons during the same time; but during 190 1, Europe 

 took but 14,755 tons and the United States took 15,376 tons. 



Another significant feature shown by these statistics is the enor- 

 mous growth of the rubber trade at Manaos, amounting to almost 

 100 per cent. During the year 1900, there were shipped from 

 Manaos a total of- 8,012 tons of rubber, and 18,467 tons from Para. 

 During the year just closed however, Manaos shipped 15,469 tons 

 and Para but 13,639 tons. This change was caused by the pas- 

 sage of a law in January, 1900, enacting that thereafter all rubber 

 extracted in the State of Amazonas, and all other products of that 

 State, should be shipped direct from Manaos. A large portion of 

 this rubber had formerly been sent from Para. 



Another feature of these statistics is the large increase in ship- 

 ments from Iquitos. During the year 1900, Iquitos shipped 920 

 tons of rubber direct, and in 1901, 1,391 tons, a gain of more than 

 50 per cent. Next year will probably witness a still greater gain, 

 and within a few years the Upper Amazon and its affluents may 

 produce as much rubber as the lower river. 



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Exports from Para and Manaos in ic/01. 



Europe. U. S. Total. 



Tons. Tons. Tons. 



I Ja ™ - - *4»755 l 5>37b 3°> I 3 1 



Manaos - - 7,336 8,133 15,469 



Total - - 45,600 



COFFEE-BEAN HUSKS AND MALARIA. 



The following copied from the " Chemist and Druggist" of 

 August 23rd, 1902, might well be experimented on estate coolies by 

 Coffee planters : — 



Dr. L. Restrepo, of Medellin, has reported through the Chan- 

 nel of the British Legation, Bogota, Columbia, that he has found 

 the husk of the coffee-bean useful in malarial fever, as also in in- 

 fluenza and chronic dysentry. His prescription is : — 

 Coffee husk .. 30 grams. 



Water ... ... 400 ,, 



Boil for 5 minutes; strain. 



A small cupful six times a dav. 



Malarial cases are said to have recovered through this treatment 

 without complication and with freedom from the prostration which 

 usually accompanies attacks. Preparations of unroasted coffee have 

 long been used in malaria, notably by the Dutch in their East Indian 

 possessions, but the therapeutic use of the husk is a new suggestio . 

 Dr. RESTREPO is anxious that analysis of the husk should be un- 

 dertaken in order, if possible, to discover to what principle it owes 

 the medicinal properties he describes, 



