Nothing is more eloquent of the growing favour in which cocoa is held in this country, as its real value becomes more generally appreciated, than the remarkable progressive increase of the quantities imported during recent years, as will be seen from the table appended. These
quantities doubled between 1880 and 1890, and have since more than doubled again.
TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITIES OF CACAO CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION SINCE 1880.
| lbs. | ||
| 1880 | 10,556,159 | |
| 1881 | 10,897,795 | |
| 1882 | 11,996,853 | |
| 1883 | 12,868,170 | |
| 1884 | 13,976,891 | |
| 1885 | 14,595,168 | |
| 1886 | 15,165,714 | |
| 1887 | 15,873,698 | |
| 1888 | 18,227,017 | |
| 1889 | 18,464,164 | |
| 1890 | 20,224,175 | |
| 1891 | 21,599,860 | |
| 1892 | 20,797,283 | |
| 1893 | 20,874,995 | |
| 1894 | 22,441,048 | |
| 1895 | 24,484,502 | |
| 1896 | 24,523,428 | |
| 1897 | 27,852,152 | |
| 1898 | 32,087,084 | |
| 1899 | 34,013,812 | |
| 1900 | 37,829,326 | |
| 1901 | 42,353,724 | |
| 1902 | 45,643,784 | |
FOOTNOTES:
[18] Not an "Emperor," as reported by his conquerors.
[19] See [Appendix III].