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This year’s crop was well selected generally. All fine should be 
cut and carefully selected before shipment. Caucho ball increased 
crreatly again and of useful quality. Bolivia increased considerably. 
Mollendo sent about as previous year. Venezuela via Orinoco 
more. Ceara and Manicoba abundant and cheap. Pernambuco 
and Assare moderate supply but sold cheaply. Mattogrosso crop 
was much less, and quality not so good. Mangabeira, from Santos 
and Bahia, fairly abundant and cheap. 
Central America : Values and supplies have declined. Mexico 
moderate supply. Colombia small lots, and part poor, undesirable 
quality. Ecuador was fair quality, also Nicaragua. We had a few 
lots of Plantation from these countries, and estimate 20,000 acres 
planted there West Coast African (total in tons about), 17,000 
(1907); 17.200(1906); 17,500 (1905); 18,000 (1904); including 
Benguela and Mossamedes, 1,700 (1907); M5° (19°^) • I >^5 0 
(T90O; 1,600(1904). Luanda, 900 (1907); 7°°( I 9o6); 800(1905); 
qko (1 04); Congo, French Congo and Soudan, 6,000 (1907) ; 5,900 
(1006); 5,650 (1905); 5,800 (1904). Qualities have somewhat 
improved, but prices are rather low for Niger, Gold Coast, Accra 
and Lagos. Good qualities from the Cameroons, Sierra Leone, 
Gaboon and Conakrv have been in eager demand at high prices 
relatively. Values declined 8d. to is. 4 d. per lb. according to 
description. The French Congo and Soudan, mostly from Senegal 
via Bordeaux, sold fairly; about 1,200. tons, against 1,300 tons in 
1906 1,250 tons in 1905. Liverpool imports West Coast African 
o 740 tons, against 4,770 tons in 1906, and 4,700 tons m 1905. 
Antwerp imports, mostly from Congo, 5,000 tons, against 5,700 tons. 
East Coast African : Zanzibar, etc., has largely increased ; prices 
show a decline for the year of nearly is. 3d. per lb. ; quality has 
been fair. Nyassaland was less. Mombassa and Lamu increased. 
Uganda not a great increase, and prices poor. Abyssinian supply 
is increasing, quality middling. Madagascar again increased, but 
shows only about is. per lb. fall. Niggers have continued to come 
of very poor quality, and sold cheaply. Rangoon more and cheap 
Assam rather decreased. Penang about the same, and sold steadily 
until recently. Supply of Java was small, but planting is going on 
freely and we may expect increased supplies. Borneo increased 
and sold well. Tonkin and French Cochin China did not increase, 
and sold rather badly. New Guinea sent us none. Pontianak has 
been abundant and fairly high. 
Review of Para Prices for 1907. 
We began 1907 with price for fine hard 5-f. 21 \d., soft 5s. o\d., 
Negrohead scrappy 4* Cameta 3*. 1 \d.> Caucho ball 4* 3^ 
By the end of March the latter had declined to 3s. 7 \d., Negrohead 
0/ 10 d. t fine hard 4*. 1 id. In June prices were lower again, 4s. yd. 
fine hard, but there was a large business and activity for American 
account in July, when hard sold at 45. 1 id., Negrohead y. n id 
Cameta 3s. 2d., ball y. 10 \d. The market became quiet and 
declined in September to 4* 5^ $s. iod., 2s y\d., and 3^7VL 
relatively. Prices declined a further 4<f. per lb. by end of October 
