Cocobola wood | 640 67| .. | .. | 31,465| 640 67
Dulce (mas | | | | |
cabado) | 606 04| 175| 52 00| 3,565| 554 04
Zarzaparrilla | 377 15| 468| 360 90| 29| 16 25
Cedron | 143 75| .. | .. | 264| 143 75
Sugar | 223 02| .. | .. | 732| 223 02
Pita-hats | 68 00| .. | .. | 70| 68 00
Caoba | | | | |
(mahogany) | 374 32| .. | .. | 111| 374 32
Pearl shell | 350 00| .. | .. | 2,241| 478 00
Turtles, alive| 200 00| 2,000| 200 00| .. | ..
Turtle shell | | | | |
(carey) | 150 00| 16| 150 00| .. | ..
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Total $5,201,966 58|39,491,033| $4,348,123|5,231,835|$853,843 27
--------------+------------+----------+------------+---------+-----------
In regard to coffee there were exported from October 1, 1896, to
June 30, 1897, 231,904 sacks (13,843,088 kilos), of which 84.67
per cent., or 196,343 sacks, in oro, and 15.33 per cent., or 35,561
sacks, in pargement. From this amount 87.93 per cent., or 203,913
sacks (12,184,027 kilos), went through Port Limon and 12.07 per
cent., or 27,991 sacks (1,659,061 kilos), through Puntarenas.
From Limon 61.329 per cent. was transported by the Atlas Line, 32.300
per cent. by the British Royal Mail, 2.271 per cent. by the French
Steamship line, 3.299 per cent. by the German Line, O.801 per cent.
by other lines.
It will be interesting to know the places to which this large amount
of coffee is shipped. These particulars are found in the following
list:
Sacks. Kilogr.
London 133,676 7,903,450
San Francisco 19,946 1,183,980
New York 33,887 2,072,289
Hamburg 24,833 1,502,311
Bordeaux 5,827 346,822
Paris 206 12,524
Bremen 12,373 }
Montreal 37 }
Antwerp 310 }
Lockport 1 }
Chicago 1 }
Malaga 1 } 821,712
Geneva 439 }
Trieste 254 }
Valparaiso 50 }
Panama 62 }
Barcelona 1 }
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Total 231,904 13,843,008
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