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The United States.45,000 
Canada, Australia, &c.. 8,(|00 
-207,000 
Of the entire export of coffee from Ara¬ 
bia, not more, perhaps, than 4,000 or 5,000 
tons finds its way to the places mentioned 
above; so that, supposing these estimates 
to be about correct, it follows that the 
supply of coffee at present exceeds the de¬ 
mand by about 24,000 tons a-year. The 
latter, however, is rapidly increasing ; a7id 
it is not easy to say whether it be des¬ 
tined to outrun, keep pace with, or fall 
short of the vSupply. On the whole, how¬ 
ever, we should be inclined to think, that 
though they may occasionally vary to the 
extent of a few thousand tons on the one 
side or the other, the probability is that 
the supply and demand will be pretty 
nearly balanced; so that, supposing peace 
to be preserved, we do not anticipate any 
very great variation of price. When prices 
are considerably depressed, consumption is 
stimulated, and production checked, and 
conversely when prices are high. Oscilla¬ 
tions will, no doubt, continue to take place 
in future, as they have done hitherto ; but 
unless the cost of producing coffee should 
be seriously affected, which probably is 
not very likely, (unless some violent mea¬ 
sures should be adopted with respect to 
the slaves in Brazil,) they will not be 
more than temporary. 
The consumption of coffee in the Uni- 
