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envelope, or by sele6ting vessels in which care is taken to 
prevent conta6l between coffee and other cargo. 
British grown coffee is superior to that of other coun- 
tries for reasons which Mr. PASTEUR mentions. The 
increasing demand, and the diminished supply from Cey- 
lon and elsewhere, should encourage the renewal of a 
cultivation, which, once a source of wealth to the older, 
colonists of British Guiana, now exists only in small and 
scattered patches. 
COCOA was exhibited by the West Indies, British 
Guiana, Ceylon and Mauritius. The world's produ6lion 
of this article is estimated at ioo to 120 million pounds, 
of which 25 millions are raised in English colonies. Its 
consumption is on the increase in Great Britain, and in 
1885 amounted to 14,500,000 lbs. Ecuador supplies 
the largest quantity, and its crop influences the market. 
With regard to Trinidad Cocoa, although it is not con- 
sidered equal to that from Caraccas, which is the finest 
produced, the quality of the seed, and attention paid to 
its growth and preparation result in the attainment of 
great perfedtion. The samples shewed large size, weight, 
and solidity of the kernel of the cocoa, with fermentation 
carried to the point at which the fullest amount of 
strength and flavour can be obtained. 
Grenada which produces 5 to 6 million pounds yearly, 
sent a few specimens which do not appear to have been of 
first class chara6ter, so that it was scarcely represented 
in the Grenada Court. The cocoa is inferior to that of 
Trinidad, being smaller, and coarser in flavour. It is, how- 
ever, used in the British Navy along with Trinidad 
cocoa to the exclusion of other kinds. The exhibits 
from Dominica, St. Lucia and Jamaica, were of average 
