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towards the close of the year in October did the reports of a con- 
siderable decrease in the expected Brazil Crop cause some reaction 
m the market. The Java coffees ranged in value from $ld to iXd 
P er lb West Indian from 5 to 7 t V, Santos from 3 ■»„ to 4 d. African 
2 rp ato 3 w d. per lb. Overproduction in Brazil had brought the 
prices for coffee down to a figure at which cultivation no longer 
paid and it would appear that nothing but a diminution in the 
Brazil production can give firmness to the market. The production 
in Java diminished in consequence of a bad crop nor is the present 
state of production in the Dutch East Indies progressive in con- 
sequence of the overpowering competition in Santos. 
The dealings in •' futures ” especially for Santos showed a con- 
siderable increase. In Java there were next to no transactions ot 
this nature for want of material. 
Copra. 
Copra has greatly increased in importance in Holland markets 
not less than 40,740 tons being; disposed of in Amsterdam in 1901 
A great diminution in the crops was reported and as the con- 
sumption is stead ilv increasing there was much activity in the 
maiket at rising prices. Copra oil is a product which is in such 
demand that if the diminished supply of copra is not made up by 
larger crops and importation, prices may probably still advance. 
Quotations during 1901 ranged from 15^. per cwt. in January to 
18,10 in December, through a steady advance while Copra oil rose 
from £2. 6. 7 to £2. r8, 5 per cwt. 
Kapok. 
Total importation of Kapok was 48,000 bales nearly entirely for 
Amsterdam. Present quotations superior cleaned 7 -id, to 7 Id' per 
Tb, and good sfd. to j^d. per tb. 
Consular Report for /go/. 
COFFEA STENOPHYLLA. 
A sample of this Coffee cured and grown in Trinidad Botanic 
Gardens was forwarded to Messrs. Smithell & Co., 39 Mincing 
Lane, from the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West 
Indies, for their report which was “ The Coffee roasts evenly and 
the infusion is good better indeed than could be expected from the 
appearance of the raw bean. This variety of Coffee is not known 
on the London market but might readily become a marketable 
product. Owing to the present low price of Santos (Brazil Coffee) 
we could not value it in the present state of the market at above 
38y. to 40 s. per cwt. in Bond. Messrs. C. M. & C. Woodhouse of 
Mincing Lane also report as follows: We look favourably upon 
the sample and see no reason why the Coffee should not find a 
ready sale. To-day’s value is about 42.?. per cwt. 
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