1S84.J PLANTING ENTERPRISE IN THE WEST INDIES. 2Go 



British Possessions in the West Indies. 



Table showing Area, Population, Value of Exports and Imports for the Year 1881, 

 together with Annual Revenue and Public Debt. 



(n) Includes £651.184, value of bullion and specie exported. 



(6) Includes J^SO.OOO, value of cacao, coSee, &c., in transit, and i:554,217 bullion and specie 



imported. 

 The exports and imports for Jamaica are for tlie year 1881-82. 



As regards the distribution of the trade of the West Indies, the 

 value of the exports, including bullion and specie to the United King- 

 dom for the year 1881, was £5,015,964, and the value of the imports 

 from the United Kingdom, during the same period, was £3,407,765. 

 Xext to the Mother Country the United States of America, as might 

 naturally be expected, appear to secure the largest proportion of 

 the West Indian trade. I am unable to give a detailed statement 

 of the trade between each Colony and the United States, but as 

 regards Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, and British (ruiana the figures 

 are as follows : — 



Value of the Imports of Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, and British Guiana (includ- 

 ing (Bullion and Specie), distinguishing the Principal Countries. 



Colony. 



Total Imports. 



i £ 



Jamaica j 1,321,962 



Barbados 1 1,119,213 



Trinidad \ 2,226,276 



British Guiana' 1,784,145 



From the 



United 



Kingdom. 



£ 

 646,052 

 433,840 



828,444 

 833,847 



Total 1 6,451,590 



2,742,183 



From the From 



United States British North 

 of America. America. 



£ 

 549,724 

 451,385 

 397,854 

 397,806 



£ 



147,370 



] 01,584 



72,176 



88,527 



1,796,769 i 409,663 



Prom other 

 Countries. 



£ 



50,517 



232,404 



927,802 



463,965a 



1,674,688 



a Includes £2U,047 for rice from India. 

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