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‘fresh tropical fruits from British Guiana were among the most 
“ interesting features of the colonial market. It is now clearly 
“ market. s an experiment, the pertinent has been 
“ thorou ghly s successful. n the rich alluvial soils of 
“ British Guina, all tropical “fruits are capable of being culti- 
“ vate . - and a large and undeveloped field of ana 
“ is connected with them.” 
58. Jamaica is now engaged in a serious effort to establish a 
fruit trade with this country. British Guiana is nea than 
Jamaica, and it possesses also a considerable advantage locally in 
the ready enapan of fruit by means of its numerous rivers, 
creeks, and canals. The value of a fruit trade in assisting to 
establish the: cultivation of cacao, coffee, or other industries is 
discussed later 
COCOA-NUTS. 
. The cultivation of nigra nuts has existed in British Guiana 
nee an early period, but it has apparently never attained large 
dimensions. This is probably due to the unsuitable character of 
the stiff clay soils on the coast, and to the prevalence of disease. 
cultivation, but the nuts were small, and consequ nently they 
fetched 1 ri i 
lands should be sine and ae ein a lied to ensure 
A k 
are packed in bags of nossa weight containing nuts not less 
than 33 inches in diamete 
CATTLE INDUSTRY. 
60. At present “when a sugar estate fails to pay, it is either 
“ absolutely abandoned, attached to an adjoining estate, or turned 
“into a cattle farm.” The conditions for cattle raising in t 
coast region are probably not so favourable as they would be 
further eae and especially on large stretches of savannahs in 
the interio 
61. pues the year 1894-95 there were 560 cattle imported, 
tigen er p purposes, of the value of £4,456. During 
iod the value of the pickled beef imported w 
a 5 092, a ‘of the pickled pork £49,461. It has been shown i 
nsi erable experience in Jamaica that excellent pickled beef can 
produced in the tropics, and pigs could be readily raised on 
