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14,254 tons of rubber from the Amazon in 1900 and the United 
States 12,621 tons during the same time; but during 1901, Europe 
took but 14,755 tons and the United States took 15,376 tons. 
Another signiiicant feature shown by these statistics is the enor- 
mous growth of the rubber trade at Manaos, amounting to almost 
100 per cent. During the year 1900, there were shipped from 
Manaos a total of 8,012 tons of rubber, and 18,467 tons from Para. 
During the year just closed however, Manaos shipped 15,469 tons 
and Para but 13,639 tons. This change was caused by the pas- 
sage of a law in January, 1900, enacting that thereafter all rubber 
extracted in the State of Amazonas, and all other products of that 
State, should be shipped direct from Manaos. A large portion of 
this rubber had formerly been sent from Para. 
Another feature of these statistics is the large increase in ship- 
ments from Iquiios. During the year 1900, lquitos shipped 920 
tons of rubber direct, and in igoi, r ,39 r tons, a gain of more than 
50 per cent. Next year will probably witness a still greater gain, 
and within a few years the Upper Amazon and its affluents may 
produce as much rubber as the lower river. 
Exports from Para and Manaos in 1901. 
Europe. U. S. Total. 
Tons. Tons. Tons. 
pa ™ - - *4,755 ■ i.i,376 30,13' 
ManSos - - 7,336 8,133 '5,469 
Total - - 45,600 
COFFEE-BEAN HUSKS AND MALARIA. 
The following copied from the “ Chemist and Druggist ” of 
August 23rd, 1902, might well be experimented on estate coolies by 
Coffee planters : — 
Dr. L. Restrepo, of Medellin, has reported through the Chan- 
nel of the British Legation, Bogota, Columbia, that he has found 
the husk of the coffee-bean useful in malarial fever, as also in in- 
fluenza and chronic dy sentry. His prescription is 
Coffee husk .. 30 grams. * 
Water ... ... 400 
Boil for 5 minutes; strain. 
A small cupful six times a day. 
Malarial cases are said to have recovered through this treatment 
without complication and with freedom from the prostration which 
usually accompanies attacks. Preparations of unronsted coffee have 
long been used in malaria, notably by the Dutch in their East Indian 
possessions, but the therapeutic use of the husk is a new suggestion. 
Dr. Restrepo is anxious that analysis of the husk should be un- 
dertaken in order, if possible, to discover to what principle it owes 
the medicinal properties he describes. 
