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III.--BARBADOS. 
99. Barbados is the most easterly of the West es eae 
and faces the trade wind piha ie T hee the Atlantic. ae a 
little larger than the Isle of Wig and contains 166 sq 
miles or 106,470 acres. The land rises in gentle slopes or tortie pni 
from the sea to an elevation of about 1,000 feet. The highest 
point is Mount Hillaby, 1,145 feet. The conformation of the 
surface renders every part suitable for URRIA. Only 6,470 acres, 
nt., are returned as rocky or useless land, and 66 acres 
of the island. Practically all the land is owned privately. There 
e no Crown or Colony lands. Excellent roads render every 
part of the island accessible. The climate is Brie healthy. 
100. Barbados was settled in 1625, and has alway ained in 
the possession of Great Britain. It has been acetate cultivated, 
and the cane fields and pasture lands have the appearance of a 
well-kept garden. Even i in the seventeenth century it was described 
as h 
ack. The natural increase of the native population has always 
rendered coolie or any other immigration unnecessary. 
SUGAR INDUSTRY. 
101. For the last 200 years the sugar cane has been extensively 
cultivated in Barbados. The present area under cultivation in 
ate se is 74,000 acres, equal to 70 per pint of the total a area of 
lo; 
in properties now existing is about two millions sterling. The 
number of sugar estates is 440, with an average area of 168 acres. 
There are 23 with an actual area over 500 acres, eat 139 with less 
tha acres. The sugar estates, the proprietors of which do not 
reside in pe Colony, number 150, with an area of 48,550 acres, or 
a little more than two-thirds of the total area under cane culti- 
wa: e estates with a total area of 6,708 are owned by public 
compani 
Me nes Tke cultivation on the estates in Haroni is carried on 
most mie and s oe manner. The soil is Dna 
value of the artificial manures used in the island during the ten 
vears 1886-95 is estimated at 696,8867., or an average of 69,8897. 
r annum. The cost of the very considerable amount of farm- 
yard and other similar manures is not included in this amount. 
Canes are oa Eee: annually, but on the higher lands they 
are tin ooned,” and thus give rise to crops without annual 
ines. 
