nto the countries named
for 1905. These figures, as also those on production, are taken from
_Der Gordian_.

Tons (1000 kilos).
United States of America 34,958
Germany 29,663
France 21,748
United Kingdom 21,106
Holland 19,295
Spain 6,102
Switzerland 5,218
Belgium 3,019
Austria Hungary 2,668
Russia 2,230
Denmark 1,125
Italy 971
Sweden 900
Canada 700
Australia 600
Norway, Portugal and Finland 692
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Total 150,995

During recent years the use of cocoa has increased rapidly in some
countries. The following table gives the increase per cent in
consumption in 1905 over that in 1901 for the five chief consumers:--

Per cent.
United States 70
Germany 61
France 21
United Kingdom 11
Holland 34

(A. B. R.; W. G. F.)

FOOTNOTE:

[1] As a matter of nomenclature it is unfortunate that the corrupt
form "cocoa," from a confusion with the coco-nut (q.v.), has become
stereotyped. When introduced early in the 18th century it was as a
trisyllable _co-co-a_, a mispronunciation of _cacao_ or _cocoa_, the
Spanish adaptation from the Mexican _cacauatl_.

COCO DE MER, or DOUBLE COCO-NUT, a palm, _Lodoicea Sechellarum_, which
is a native of the Seychelles Islands. The flowers are borne in enormous
fleshy spadices, the male and female on distinct plants. The fruits,
which are among the largest known, take ten years to ripen; they have a
fleshy and fibrous envelope surrounding a hard nut-like portion which is
generally two-lobed, suggesting a large double coco-nut. The contents of
the nut are edible as in the coco-nut. The empty fruits (after
germination of the seed) are found floating in the Indian Ocean, and
were known long before the palm was discovered, giving rise to various
stories as to their origin.

COCOMA, or CUCAMAS, a tribe of South American Indians living on the
Maranon and lower Huallaga rivers,