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CACAO OR COCOA. 



;M'-.-. into other countries, for the preparation of that delicious chocolate which 

 we buy of th'jm. It is thrown out of our market by the differential duty. Jiut 

 it ia their own fault if our own colonies do not produce fine cocoa, as Trinidad 

 has conclusively proved.'' 



The exports of cacao from St. Lucia, where there are now 300 

 acres under cultivation, have been as follows:* I have also added 

 the produce of St. Vincent and Grenada imported here : 

 Grenada. St. Lucia. St. Vincent. 



Ibs. Ibs. Ibs. 



1828 

 1829 

 1833 

 1831 

 1832 

 1833 

 1834 

 1835 

 1836 

 1837 

 1838 

 1839 

 1840 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1850 

 1852 



300,051 

 337,901 

 368,882 

 196,195 

 312,446 

 349,367 

 276,359 

 307,236 

 351,613 

 426,626 

 327,497 

 269,680 

 372,008 

 280,679 

 296,269 

 544,253 

 342,092 

 609,911 

 604,299 



75,275 

 93,793 

 153,340 

 98,090 

 51,925 

 91,048 

 60,620 

 49,218 

 47,950 

 48,591 

 38,590 

 54,639 

 82,293 

 78,225 

 55,175 

 48,279 

 65,667 

 31,000 

 1,372 

 9,428 



17,384 

 12,216 

 9,989 

 7,861 

 538 

 1,005 

 2,197 

 5,876 

 7,721 

 2,525 

 6,588 

 760 

 3,956 

 3,874 

 7,268 

 55,867 

 8,304 

 6,450 

 8,642 

 5,287 



A- little cacao is now grown in Antigua, about 19,000 Ibs. having 

 been exported from that island in 1843, and 2,000 in 1846. 



Dominica ;md British Gruiana produce small quantities; our 

 imports from these quarters having been as follows : 



Dominica. Demerara. 



1833 

 1834 

 ISM 



1836 

 1837 

 1838 

 1839 



Ibs. 



8.808 



4,767 



685 



279 



1,896 



1,054 



1,127 



Ibs. 

 2,051 

 86 



126 

 1,121 



522 



58 



Dominica. Demerara. 



1840 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 



Ibs. 

 2,366 

 4,014 

 667 

 4,614 

 1,746 

 5,444 



Ibs. 



2,376 



129 



98 



4,178 

 10,209 



Tin- cultivation of cacao in Cuba is of comparatively recent in- 

 troduction, but it is expected to increase, and, in some degree, 

 to supply the place of coffee, which is evidently on the decline 

 there. In 1827, the gross produce of Cuba amounted to 23,800 

 aiToba-. and the exports to 19,053. In the same year, 15,301^ 

 arrohas were imported, so that at that period the production was 

 n<>r adequate to the consumption. The expectation of a great 

 inn-case of production seems not to have been realized, as the 

 exports i.r cacao in 1837 were only 587 arrobas, while the imports 

 amounted to 40,837 arrobas. 



There are now about sixty -nine cacao plantations in that island, 



* According to Brren's History of St. Lucia up to 1844. 



