362 COCOA 



CHAP. 



The practice in Dominica is not to use shade trees 

 in the ordinary way, but to plant the trees so as to 

 make them serve as wind-breaks. Experiments with 

 the planting of the Erythrina in the way it is done 

 in Trinidad has not been a success. 



Dominica is situated in the hurricane belt, and the 

 trees are sometimes badly damaged by hurricanes and 

 strong winds. This was the case, for instance, in 

 1903. 



Interesting manurial experiments carried on at 

 Dominica have been mentioned in Chapter VI. 



As regards the labour conditions, men's wages 

 range from lOd. to Is. 4d., women's from 7d. to lOd. 

 The supply seems on the whole to be fairly ade- 

 quate, though at times there may be something of a 

 shortage. 



An export duty of 2s. 5d. is raised for every 100 

 kilograms exported. 



St. Lucia 



The cocoa industry of St. Lucia has not shown much 

 progress during the last ten years. The methods of 

 cultivating are much the same as in Trinidad. Good 

 results have been reported from manuring with basic 

 slag and sulphate of potash. 



The exports have been as follows : 



Kilog. 



1895 . . . 369,000 

 1900 . . . 659,000 



Kilog. 



1906 . . 703,300 



1907 . . . 779,600 



1901 . . . 765,000 I 1908 . . . 614,500 



1902 . . . 765,000 1909 . . . 552,900 



1903 . . . 785,000 i 1910 . . . 743,000 



1904 . . . 800,000 1911 . . . 940,000 



1905 . . . 858,800 j 1912 . . . 900,000 



St. Vincent and Montserrat 



Both these islands export small quantities of cocoa. 

 The industry is, however, of little importance, cotton 

 cultivation being the main industry. 



