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A very large quantity is shipped to Havre, but this may be accounted 

 for by the fact that cocoa is often shipped to that port with the option of 

 delivery in several other ports. In any ease the figures do not imply that the 

 cocoa was actually consumed in France itself, where in the previous year (1903 

 only about 3,204 tons were used from this" quarter. The fact also that Switzerland, 

 where about 2,570 tons of Ecuador cocoa was used during the year in question, 

 is not mentioned in the above table would probably be accounted for by the 

 amount having been passed through Havre. 



The last countries showing an increase of importance were Cuba and 

 Porto Rico. The proportionately small increase sIioavii in Brazil is to be wondered 

 at, as the exports from Bahia alone, as will be seen from the following figures, 

 were exceedingly high :— 



Cocoa Exported from Brazil in 1904. 



Port. Tons. 



Bahia ... ... .. ... ... 17,969 



Para } .. ... •■• ... «.> _ -> 



Manaos - ... ••■ ••• ... ... 5,190 



Itacoatiara J ... 



With regard to Ceylon it is to be noted that more shipments were made 

 to Hamburg than in former years. 



The Venezuelan crop, which only showed a very slight improvement, 

 was shipped from the following ports :— 



Cocoa Exported from Venezuela ix 1901. 



Port. Tons. 



La Gitara ... ... ... ... ... 7,500 



Carupano ... ... ... ... ... 4,479 



Puerto Cabello ... ... ... ... ... 899 



The l'emainder was divided between Ciudad Bolivar and Maracaibo. 



Martinique and Guadeloupe shipped, as usual, practically their entire 

 crops to France, whereas Great Britain received all the Grenada cocoa, which 

 is ahvays in demand on the London market, even when other sorts are unsaleable. 

 A decrease occurred in the crops of St. Thomas, the Dutch East Indies, and 

 Surinam, but in the two countries first named the falling off was not of importance. 

 As far as Surinam is concerned, however, the decrease was enormous, and in 

 view of the much higher crops of former years (as shown in the following 

 table), can only be considered as most unsatisfactory, all endeavours that have 

 been made to improve matters having failed entirely 



Cocoa Exported from Surinam. 

 Year. Tons. 



1895 

 1901 

 1904 



4,456 

 3,163 

 854 



