171 



Edible Products. 



Cocoa Exported from Sax Domingo Ports in 1904. 



Port. 

 San Domingo ... 

 San Pedro de Macous 

 Sauches 

 Sarnana 



Puerto Plata ... 



Tons. 

 1,800 



577 

 6,153 



782 

 4,245 



The third largest increase occurred in the German Colonies, but in spite 

 of the fact that some German colon'al enthusiasts have laid stress on 1 his point, 

 the amount of the crop, as shown in the following table, was not really of great 

 importance, though at the same time larger amounts are to be expected from 

 this quarter :— 



Cocoa Shipped prom German Colonies in 1904. 



Colony. Tons. 



Cameroons ... ... ... ... ... 1,089 



Samoa ... ... ... ... ... 19 



Togoland ... ... ... ... ... 10 



The Togo and Samoa cocoas are shipped exclusively to Germany, but a 

 portion of the Cameroon crop is shipped to England. Togoland, in spite of its 

 being situated so near the Gold Coast, is not so well adapted for the cultiva- 

 tion of cocoa as the latter colony, owing to the small area of its forest land, 

 which is the most suitable land for this class of agriculture. 



Trinidad, which comes next so far as increase is concerned, used formerly 

 to ship the entire crop to London, but now sends large quantities direct to 

 Hamburg, Havre, and New York, by German and other steamers. 



In Ecuador, the largest cocoa producing country, also a very satisfactory 

 increase occurred, namely 22£ per cent., the crop having been divided amongst 

 the various districts as. shown in the subjoined table. As regards the exports 

 it will be seen from the following table that 131 tons over the amount of the 

 crop were shipped during 1904, this small quantity having been held back from 

 the preceding year : — 



Cocoa Crop and Exports op Ecuador in 1904. 



Crop. 



Exports. 



District. 



Guayaquil ... 

 Manta 



Bahia de Caraque/. 

 Esmeraldas... 

 Puerto Bolivar 



Total 



23 



Quantity. 



... 24,590 

 ... . 86 

 ... 2,384 

 108 



... 1,265 



28,564 



Country. 



France 

 Germany 

 United States 

 Great Britain 

 Spain 

 Holland 

 Argentina ... 

 Other countries 



Total ... 



Quantity. 



... 13,373 

 ... 5,289 

 ... 4,003 

 ... 2,905 

 ... 1,921 

 573 

 220 

 280 



... 28,564 



