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COCOA-GROWING COUNTRIES 361 



and Trinidad on the London market illustrate the dif- 

 ference in prices : 



kilograms. 



The export duty amounts to about lOd. per 100 



Dominica 



Dominica lies just between Martinique and Guade- 

 loupe, both also cocoa-growing islands. 



The island is very mountainous ; the rainfall ranges 

 from 1500 to 1750 mm. on the Leeward coast to over 

 5000 mm. in the interior. The roads are poor, and 

 communication is difficult and tedious. 1 



Cocoa and lime are the two important industries. 



The exports of cocoa amounted to : 2 



1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 ,1907 

 1908 



Kilog. 



493,300 

 589,400 

 572,900 

 584,100 



487,800 



1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



Kilog. 

 984,600 

 573,000 

 576,000 

 600,000 



Until the last quarter of a century the exports of 

 cocoa from Dominica were very small, as it was produced 

 only by peasant proprietors. When, however, the crisis 

 overtook the sugar industry, many of the sugar planters, 

 feeling the effects of hard times, planted portions of 

 their estates in cocoa and limes, and from that time 

 the exports of cocoa began to increase. 3 



1 M. H. A. Tempany, Agricultural Labour Conditions on the Leeward Islands 

 (1910, edited by the Assoc. Internal. d'Agriculture Tropicale). / _ 



2 Gordian. \ 



3 Dr. Nicholls (Agricultural Conference in Trinidad, 1905). 



