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to 3s. 54d., after having touched 3s. 8| l. per 

 lb. The increased output from all plantations 

 has bee n most satisfactory to those interested, 

 and the decline in values is in no way due to 

 »n excess of production, but is mainly attri- 

 butable to the unsettled financial condition 

 in America, to the closing of several large 

 manufactories there, and to the general stag- 

 nation caused by these conditions, as wall as 

 by the high rates prevailin * for monetary ac- 

 commodation. In a declining market manu" 

 facturers have naturally shown great caution 

 in buying, and in the place of orders from the 

 United States, Europe has baen required to 

 absorb a larger proportion of the constant 

 arrivals of para at the Coast. During the past 

 year manufacturers have shown improved 

 interest in plantation kinds, and the increased 

 production during the next few years should 

 be readily saleable, although in all probability 

 the premium in price over Para may be 

 further curtailed. A year ago we noted the ap- 

 pearance of block rubber, but the demand during 

 1907, and particularly during the later months, 

 does not encourage the continuance of this form 

 of preparation. The finest amber quality is in 

 rather slow demand, but any deviation from 

 regularity in colour much increases the difficul- 

 ties of effecting satisfactory sales, and the 

 lower grades are only saleable at relatively 

 moderate prices. Biscuits and Sheet have been 

 throughout the year readily saleable, and the 

 Trade generally regard these forms of prepara- 

 tion with the most favour, but regularity in 

 colour and general appearance is most neces- 

 sary. Crepe has sold well, particularly the first 

 quality, but whereas at one period absolutely 

 white Crepe was in strong demand, recent 

 arrivals of this quality appear to have more 

 than satisfied the present requirements. Scrap 

 Crepe has materially declined in value, but this 

 is largely due to the very quiet demand recently 

 for all medium and lower grades. Fine Scrap 

 continues to command relatively satisfactory 

 prices, but the darker kinds have been less easy 

 to dispose of. 



WORLD'S COCOA CROP AND 

 CONSUMPTION. 



H. M. Consul-General at Hamburg (Sir W. 

 Ward, C.V.O.) has forwarded the following 

 report, based on information published in 

 the G ordian, a German journal dealing with 

 the cocoa trade, on the world's cocoa pro- 

 duction and consumption during the year 

 1906, as compared with the two preceding 

 years : — 



The following table shows the cocoa crops 

 during the year 1906, and the two preceding 

 years in the various cocoa producing coun- 

 tries of the world : — 



World's Cocoa Chop. 



Countries. 



Brazil 

 San Thome 

 Ecuador 

 San Domingo 

 Trinidad 

 Venezuela 



British West Africa 



Grenada 



Ceylon 



Jamaica 



Cuba 



Hayti 



Java 



Fernanda Po 

 Surinam 



German Colonies 

 French Colonies 

 St. Lucia 

 Dominica 

 Congo Free State 

 Other countries ' 



1904. 

 Kilos. 



23,160,028 

 20,526,000 

 28,564,123 

 13,567,739 

 18,574,434 

 13,. 48,838 

 5,772 507 

 ",226,700 

 3,251,800 

 1,650,000 

 2,715,592 

 2,531,3 3 

 1,140,109 

 2,010,766 

 854,0 !4 

 1,109,153 

 1, ;15,U0,| 

 800,000 

 485,366 

 2*1,382 

 80 ,000 



1905. 

 Kilos. 



21,090,088 

 25,379,320 

 21,127,833 

 12,784,668 

 20.018,560 

 12,7u0,555 

 5,620,240 

 5,455, 00 

 :<j54"2,ei3 

 1,48 ,509 

 1,792, 44 

 2,3*3,2 

 1,491,795 

 1,862,945 

 1,611,851 

 ',454,153 

 1,179,401 

 700,000 

 506,700 

 191,638 

 800,000 



1906. 



Kilos. 



25,135,307 

 21.6 9,561 

 24,237,630 

 14,5 7,669 

 13,162,86 I 

 12,8tH,«09 

 9,738,964 

 5,057,030 

 2,507,152 

 2,503,142 

 2,475,692 

 2,107,9 b 

 1,62 ,247 

 1,557.864 

 1,480,568 

 1,367,977 

 1,262,090 

 800,000 

 6"'',000 

 402,429 

 1,000,000 



Totals 148,248,024 143,231,605 149,020,695 



It should be remarked that the world's 

 cocoa crop of 1904 was greater than that of any 

 previous year, and that it exceeded the crop 

 of 1903 by about 15 million kilos ; this in- 

 crease in 1904 having been due to the ex- 

 ceptionally large crops of that year in Ecua- 

 dor, Brazil, Trinidad, San Domingo, Venezuela, 

 and the Gold Coast. In 1905, as will be 

 observed, there was a decrease of about 5 

 million kilos, in the world's crop ; but that 

 of 19C6 exceeded the crop of 1904 by about 

 770,000 kilos., and was thus the largest world's 

 crop on record, 



Brazil occupied in 1906 the first rank 

 amongst all cocoa producing countries, whilst 

 in 1905 San Thome, in 1904 Ecuador had occu- 

 pied that position. Inasmuch as Brazil is easily 

 able to increase its present cocoa cultivation to 

 a far greater exttint, it is quite possible that 

 it will now continue to hold the foremost place 

 as a cocoa-producing country. The exports of 

 cocoa from Brazil were destined chiefly for the 

 United States of America, Great Britain, Ger- 

 many, and France. 



