Note XXXII-21 — Chapter XXXII · INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. 1800-1887.
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In 1862 there was a fair crop: 1873, 333,843 qls; 1874, about 300,000 valued in Puntarenas port at $15.50 per quintal of 100 lbs.; 1876, a scanty crop; 1877, 186,000; 1877, 180,652; 1879, excessive rains caused heavy loss; 1884, about 375,000 quintals; but 1885 only yielded 125,000 or 130,000. Costa R., Informe Sec. Interior, 1862, 10-11; Id., Sec. Agric., 1874, 28; 1876, 20-1; 1878, 14; 1879, 22; Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 34; Jülfs, Die Seehäfen, 18; Pan. Star and Herald, Apr. 9, 23, 1885.