282 



humboldt's cuba. 



arrival of the immigrants from St. Domingo, or, 

 more particular^ from the years 1796 and 1798. 

 On a coffee plantation having 35,000 trees, a hectar 

 of land yields 890 kilogrammes of coffee. In the 

 district of Havana there were, in 1800, 60 coffee 

 plantations, and 779 in 1817. As the coffee tree 

 does not yield abundantly before the fourth year, 

 the export of coffee from the port of Havana, in 

 1804, was only 50,000 arrobes ; since then it has 

 increased. It was in 



1809 . 



320,000 



1819... 



... 642,716 



1815 . 



918,263 



1820 , 



686,046 



1816 , . , 



370,229 



1822 . 



501,429 



1817 



709,351 



1823 , 



, 895,924 



1818 . 



. 779,618 





... 661,674 



These figures show a great variation, which arises 

 from frauds in the custom-house," as well as from 

 more or less abundant crops ; for the results of the 

 years 1815, 1816, and 1823, which might be sup- 

 posed the least exact, have been lately compared 

 with the custom-house returns. We may estimate 

 the total export from Cuba (in 1825) as follows : 



From Havana, average from 1814 to 1824 694,000 arrobes. 



Matanzas, Trinidad, St. Jago, &c 220,000 " 



Frauds in the custom-house 304,000 " 



Total 1,218,000 " 



