of a somewhat inferior quality. Cuba will probably considerably extend
its output under American rule.

[Illustration--Black and White Plate: A Hill Cacao Estate, Grenada, B.W.I.]

[Illustration--Drawing: MAP OF PRINCIPE.]

In the Eastern Hemisphere by far the largest supplies come from the
small islands of St. Thomé and Principe, in the Gulf of Guinea,
belonging to the Portuguese. These have in recent years proved
especially adapted for the growth of the cacao, and the exports,
especially from the island of St. Thomé, are very large; most of the
crop finds its way to European markets, transhipping at Lisbon. There
is little cacao grown in the mainland African colonies, though the
German Government offers special inducements in the Kameruns; no
British African colony grows it to any extent. Fernando Po sends
supplies to Spain, and occasionally on the London market strange
packages made of rough cowhide stitched with leather thongs are seen,
containing beans from Madagascar.

[Illustration--Drawing: MAP OF S. THOMÉ.]

[Illustration--Black and White Plate: Ceylon: Carting Cacao to Rail.]

[Illustration--Drawing: MAP OF CEYLON.]

Further east are the plantations of Ceylon. In the hill districts, of
which Matale is the centre, are many estates, some in joint
cultivation of tea and cocoa. The output from this colony is at the
present time nearly stationary. The Dutch East Indian produce is