It is a well-known saying in this part of the world that “Wherever mahogany will grow, there every tropical product will flourish; and wherever logwood grows, there you can produce the finest rice.” Cane certainly is no exception to this rule. _Coffee._—Second on the list may be placed coffee, both from the importance of the present product, and from its very excellent quality. On the coast the Liberian coffee flourishes, and as the berries do not drop as soon as ripe, the trouble of harvesting is much lessened. Most of the crop exported from Livingston goes to England, and it has up to the present time been difficult to obtain the best quality, except through England. In 1883, 404,069.39 cwt. of a value (at twelve cents) of $4,848,832.68 were exported. On this the Government levies a tax, varying year by year, proportioned to the harvest. The present importance of the coffee interest is shown by the following table of the coffee crop, commencing October, 1883, and ending June, 1884:— +-------------+--------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-------+ |Departments. | Fincas.| Trees. | Crop. | Value. | Pounds| | | | | | | per | | | | | | | tree. | +-------------+--------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-------+ |Guatemala | 213 | 756,484 | 11,340.26 | $113,402.60 | 1.50 | |Amatitlan | 507 | 5,152,900 | 45,288.76 | 452,887.60 | | |Escuintla | 104 | 5,914,850 | 38,560.00 | 385,600.00 | 0.65 | |Sacatepequez | 626 | 2,805,400 | 18,286.18 | 182,860.80 | | |Chimaltenango| 47 | 3,511,839 | 27,573.26 | 275,732.60 | | |Sololà | 82 | 2,287,525 | 27,993.52 | 279,935.20 | | |Suchitepequez| 253 | 3,511,839 | 52,860.32 | 528,603.20 | 1.50 | |Retalhuleu | 598 | 5,129,857 | 33,250.15 | 332,501.50 | | |Quezaltenango| 409 | 8,903,552 |124,779.70 | 1,247,797.00 | 1.50 | |San Marcos | 177 | 1,595,488 | 45,115.68 | 451,156.80 | 0.40 | |Huehuetenango| 248 | 627,276 | 7,354.94 | 73,549.40 | | |Alta Verapaz | 265 | 3,835,084 | 2,883.25 | 288,732.50 | 0.75 | |Baja Verapaz | 54 | 900,856 | 813.54 | 8,135.40 | | |Peten | 101 | 18,545 | 278.36 | 2,783.60 | 1.50 | |Zucapa | 91 | 56,410 | 182.36 | 1,823.60 | | |Chiquimula | 1,000 | 908,670 | 6,595.52 | 65,955.20 | | |Jalapa | 96 | 30,210 | 206.86 | 2,068.60 | | |Santa Rosa | 560 | 4,354,428 | 26,032.45 | 260,324.50 | 0.60 | +-------------+--------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-------+ |Totals | 5,431 |60,301,213 |495,385.11 | $4,953,850.11 | 0.82 | +-------------+--------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-------+