Guatemala.—The c,oc,oa export of 1878 was only 2300 lb. ; valued at 1 dol. a lb., and all sent t,o Central America.
Honduras.—The Soconuzco variety, which, during the Spanish occupation of Mexico, was reserved for the Court of Madrid, is said to grow wild here, with fruit measuring 2-21 in. thick, and 6 in. long. When cultivated, tho dimensions increase to 3-31 in. x 8 in., and the trees bear in 6-7 years.
India.—The Indian Government has raised large numbers of seedlings, in Botanical Gardens, for distribution throughout the peninsula. The plants have been put out in the Neilgherry Hills, and in the Terai, and have been found to grow well while looked after. The tree has been very successfully reared in Coorg ; the plants are grown from seed in nurseries, and transplanted, when 18 in. high, into large pits, 12 ft. apart.
Malay Archipelago.—The cocoa tree VMS introduced here by the Spaniards, more than three centuries ago. In 1854, Celebes produced nearly 200,000 lb., which figure has since increased. The yield averages 5-6 lb. a tree. Small quantities of Java cocoa have occasionally appeared at London sales, and elicited similar opinions to those expressed on Ceylon produce. In the Philip pines, cocoa is commonly grown for local consumption. The trees, which here attain but very dwarfed stature, are commonly found in the gardens, planted very closely, in order to keep down weeds. Instead of a nursery for rearing the young plants, the natives cover the kernels, when they begin to sprout, with a little earth, and place them in spirally rolled leaves, which are hung beneath the roofs of dwellings till the plants are ready for putting out. The best cocoa is produced in the small island of Maripipi, and never comes to market ; the next best is the Albay growth, which is reckoned equal to Caracas; the samples produced in Cebu and Negros are fairly good, but in trifling quantity; so that these islands have to import from their neighbours, Ternate and Mindanao. It thrives as well in the Spice Islands as in Mexico, and is supplanting the less profitable clove-tree.
.Nicaragua.—Several important plantations have recently been commenced here by Frenchmen.
Peru.—Besides being cultivated in all the gardens of the Montana, cocoa grows spontaneously and abundantly in the forests of that province. The exports from Mollendo, the chief port, in 1878,
were but 1500 lb.
Surinam.—The cultivation here bas been considerably extended of late years, the estates being worked hitherto mostly by Creole labourers ; but these have proved so unreliable, that coolies have been substituted. The severe drought of 1877 injured the plantations in an extraordinary degree. The production was, in 1875, 1,322,811 kilos.; 1876, 1,322,674 kilos.
Venezuela.—The cocoas of Venezuela, known as Carcicas, and Maracaibo, are considered the best of all produced in the western hemisphere, and though the bean was first imported to Spain from Mexico, it has subsequently betn largely exported to the latter c,ouutry from Venezuela. Iu this country, the tree is said to thrive best iu damp, level soil, and bears about 1 lb. of fruit at the fifth or sixth year ; near the sea-coast, it is in full bearing at the eighth year, but in the Guique districts on the Lake of Valencia, and in the province of Carabobo, it is not matured till a year later. Experienced planters state, however, that it should cover all expenses trom its sixth year. The quality of the Venezuelan cocoa has been greatly spoilt by the introduction of the much more prolific but very inferior Trinitario, or "Trinidad," beans. The latter is now the staple product from the district of Maturin, Carupano, and down the coast as far as the Rio Chico ; but the Criono, or " Creole," plant is still cultivated upon some few estates. The Trinitario seed is also sown, to some extent, in the valleys of the Tuy, although the majority of the estates there are sown with Criollo aced, and good cocoa can still be procured thence. From the port of La Guayra westward towards Puerto Cabello, and particularly at Ghoroni, O'Cumar, Turiarno, Patanemo and Borburato, lie the clietricts yielding the best produce, the choicest of all being from the estate of Chuao near (Moroni. From the neighbourhood of San Felipe, the capital of the state of Yaracuy, a very superior mixed cocoa is exported, to the amount of about 4000-6000 cwt. annually. The Trinidad seed has, since 1854, been introduced into Chichiriviche, formerly one of the finest cocoa distriots. Many plantations were damaged, and some entirely destroyed, by the great drought of 1868-69.