all the other countries, having doubled its consumption in a
few years, and is now taking almost as much as all the rest of the world
put together. It is thought that since America has "gone dry" this
remarkably large consumption is likely to be maintained.

WORLD'S CONSUMPTION OF CACAO BEANS.
(to the nearest thousand tons)
1 ton = 1000 kilograms.

_Pre-war_ _War Period_ _Post-war_

Average of
1913. 1914, 5, 6,& 7. 1918. 1919.
Country. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.

U.S.A. 68,000 103,000 145,000 145,000
Germany 51,000 28,000 ? 13,000
Holland 30,000 25,000 2,000 39,000
Great Britain 28,000 41,000 62,000 66,000
France 28,000 35,000 39,000 46,000
Switzerland 10,000 14,000 18,000 21,000
Austria 7,000 2,000 ? 2,000
Belgium 6,000 1,000 1,000 8,000
Spain 6,000 7,000 6,000 8,000
Russia 5,000 4,000 ? ?
Canada 3,000 4,000 9,000 ?
Italy 2,000 5,000 6,000 6,000
Denmark 2,000 2,000 2,000 ?
Sweden 1,000 2,000 2,000 ?
Norway 1,000 2,000 2,000 ?
Other countries
(estimated) 5,000 8,000 11,000 26,000
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Total 252,000 283,000 305,000 380,000

The above figures are compiled chiefly from Mr. Theo. Vasmer's reports.
The _Gordian_ estimates that the world's consumption in 1918 was
314,882 tons. In several of our larger colonies and in at least one
European country there is obviously ample room for increase in the
consumption. When one considers the great population of Russia, four to
five thousand tons per annum is a very small amount to consume. It is
pleasant to think of cocoa being drunk in the icebound North of
Russia--it brings to mind so picturesque a contrast: cacao, grown
amongst the richly-coloured flora of the tropics, consumed in a land
that is white with cold. When Russia has reached a more stable condition
we shall doubtless see a rapid expansion in the cacao consumption.

[Illustration: CACAO PODS, LEAVES AND FLOWERS.
Reproduced by permission of Messrs. Fry & Sons, L