ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
ADDITIONAL SERIES I. 
A REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES 
AND REQUIREMENTS OF BRITISH GUIANA 
AND THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS. 
The Colonies dealt with i in this report include all Her ‘eae or s 
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the West Indies, with the exception of British Honduras, on the 
mainland of Central America, and the numerous scattered islets 
to the west of Cuba and Florida, forming a group apart, known as 
the Bahamas. In neither of these is sugar produced in any 
2. Excluding British Honduras and the oe rp are six 
Colonies which possess a separate Govern Beg ae from 
the south, they are as follows: (1) British Oila 70) T nidad 
and Tobago, (3) the Windward Islands, (4) Bar bados, (5) the 
Leeward Islands, aA 6) Jamaica. The Jindward Islands 
consist of the Islands of Grenada, a Vincent, and zis Lucia ; 
biter a erpe Islands, in the same chain to the north, are 
mposed of Dominica, Montserrat, ype keg St. Kitts-Nevis, and 
the Via ie ads. 
é relative size and importance of these Colonies may be 
illustrated by the following table, in whi ch hs ae population, 
and trade of each are given from recent retu 
xports 
Paba Total E Pro- Total 
— Area, | Popula-| per |Revenue.! Imports, | ducts of Imports 
tion. | Square 1896. "| Colony, | »,224, 
Mile. 1896. sar 
—— 
iles, 
T 278,328 25 367 749 
£ 
ties 1, 57,553 
. Trinidad and “Tobago Tess | 24358 | 129| 628532 | 2098872 | Terao | S4007 
Windward Islands -. 506 | 148001 | 2586| 132481*| 415,000") So, 739 
Barbad 166 1190-4 | 146315 | 1,048886 | 577/000 | 1.625.886 
Leeward Islands 3 tos | ioo] “186-0 | Haos) “secorse| Suon aaa 
Jamaica .. -| 4,207 | 694865 | 1651| 129,602 | 2,288,946 | 1,700,000} 4,288962 
Total .. | 116,451 | 1.084607 | 194 | 1,723,571 7 B18 22% 6 6,092,000} 14,010,338 
- * For 1895 only. 
3 $ pap about £1,200,000 of goods re-exported, . 
15045—1000—11/97 Wt 16064 D& 
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