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TRINIDAD. 



Exports of Cacao. 



Total quantity of exports, and value in pounds sterling — 

 1875, 6,003,278 lbs., value £159,602; 1876, 6,884,165 lbs., 

 value £259,480; 1877,9,613,018 lbs., value £281,252; 1878, 

 9,195,974 lbs., value £336,074; 1879, 11,618,124 lbs., value 

 £490,490. 



The following Table of imports for the year 1879 shows the 

 nature and quantities of the articles imported, also the countries 

 whence imported : — 



1879. — Articles Imported. 



Bread Flour, 93,357 brls. ; Eice, 15,899,319 lbs £254,773 



Live Stock, 21,366 heads 118,616 



Fish (dried and pickled) 60,713 



Meats (salted and dried) 3,085,036 lbs 45,353 



Vegetable Products 31,975 



Olive Oil, 34,668 gals. ; Butter, Lard, Cheese, l,416,1471bs. 54,300 



Malt, 79,518 sals., 97,054 quarts 43,350 



Wines, 267,647 gals. 45,751 



Spirits, 78,913 gals 30,474 



Sugar (refined) 673,599 lbs 11,226 



Timber (shooks, shingles, staves, &c.) 22,550 



Lumber ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 78,675 



Cottons, Linens, Silks ... 261,543 



Hardware, Machinery 99,580 



Bricks and Tiles, 2,087,519 (no Lime) 10,846 



Tobacco (manufactured and unmanufactured), 363,1171bs. 19,696 



£1,189.421 



In this Table I have included only the principal articl 

 of import, leaving aside the least important. Value of 

 mentary articles imported, £574,300; of building materia 

 £89,500. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Norman, the harboi 



