viii. 
PAGE 
Labour plentiful cas fairly efficient—Wages reduced—Sugar industry 
ec 
partm A u 
dispensed klips ype lenge z — tor of Botanic Station—Practical 
ban of 
promis sc hea ae pek apia 114 
xii. ST. KITTS-NEVIS, 
iy aki rae: = Christopher, akita and Anguilla) under Adminis x ae 
of S ts-Nevyis—St. s—Area—Conformation—Centra 
age, slo Bagge peor aie vol on oin a rich and PRAAN 
Cultivated appearance of slopes pri Uleys—Climate paa ant and i 
healthy—Excel i d 
Excellent main r fincas 
in privat ds—Crown lands 15 0 sores Population 454 ve square 
Ample supply of native labour—Rat ges—Few peasant 
a of sugar lands—Manufacture not 
factories—Summary of results from 20 topra u are G estates—Cane 
x abo prevalent—Subsidiary oe es—Coffee, limes, arrowroot, 
I (o i 
S ublica: rnme 
analytical chemist—Teaching of agriculture—Technical mabara Evil 
effects of indiscriminate cutting down of forests—Anguilla. ... z 123 
xili—J Se 
Pos —1,000 miles west of Barbados—Dependencies—Area 
Half ap size of Wales oo 5 ei to 7,350 ft—Surface muc ch 
broken and picturesqu ou umerou ms—Great hee of climate 
—Rains sometimes parti thy eon droughts and hurricanes—Soil 
productive—Varied Steeles of economic p fists Ae 
ea 
canes—Amount of capital invested over aps _ e apenn Pahr 
am Seanad ost of production—Importan crop—Value of 
m often greater than sugar—Need of pert iiao i ik a 
sires ved machinery—Prospe y of sugar industry—Value of far oro 
exports shout one-fourth of total ex ports—Effect of further reduction 
in sugar—Department of Public Pieces rn porrak ons—History— : | 
uln i k 
Career of use: P esent position—Ann ost—Bibliography— 
Re d publication Sanne perea 787. 
industry: t e—Rapid grow a importance—Exp 
of annual value of half-a-million sterling—Oranges, grape-fruit, pine- 
apple, tree tomato—Export of fruit to land—Cacao—P 
Ginger—Instruction in Agri Se ea assisting in the 
progress of agriculture—Hand- book of Jama ei 131 
ee arere by the io Bot nyand For a for the establishment 
o ra en N mic Botany and fora — Tnstructi 
ns the Indies .. s% i s aeree 
d 
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