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and in that of the Crown 366,157 acres. Nearly all the unalien- 
poa cultivable lands are either in natural savannahs or covered 
d actual area under forest is n own, nor, 
hie to the tax on lan g now levied at a uniform rate 
ein 
all lands, is it known what area is beneficially oceupied by 
cultivation, or what proportion this bears to the cultivable area, 
0. e principal cultural industries in order of ee aea 
are sugar, molasse es, ram, cacao, bitters, cocoa-nuts and coffee 
he value of the exports of are chet and manu- 
factures for he last five years was as follows :— 
| | | 
PS | 1°92, | 1893. | 1894.! | 1895. | 1896. 
| > 
£ £ £ £ 
Sugar, rum, Olaa; Pee: | 775,877 | gal By fis! 675,343 689,550 774,381 
Cacao -| 648,103 | 535, 055 509. 803 yen 452,141 
Cocoa- nuts ex $e cos 34,424 | 32, 35,663 67 26,197 
Asphalt Kee 121,631 | 98°5 112,401 ar ar 5 106,950 
Minor produ ucts | | : al 
Coffee, fruits, pint A ee ae | 9,073 | 8,085 4,862 3,800 3,680 
Total value of exports.. | 1; B0108 É 516,352 | 1,338,077 | 1,436,326 | 1,363,319 
SUGAR INDUSTRY. 
32. The sugar industry is undoubtedly the dominant industry 
in Trinidad, and those engaged in it have practically controlled 
the destiny of all classes of the community. Sugar is almost 
exclusively produced on the large extent of level country border 
ing on the Gulf of Paria, constituting es ‘one of the finest iiite 
e West Accordi 
principal sugar estates in Trinidad have a total area of 66,4 
acres ; of this about one half, or 33,805 acres, were actually under 
u 
not quite 13 per cent. There was in addition a considerable 
amount of what is described as sonaid labour” employed, which 
may have been supplied either by free immigrants or Creoles. 
133. The average total amount paid on these estates in the 
production of ee during the dnc 1894 to 1896 was 448,638/., 
or alittle over 107. per ton. It may be mentioned that none of- 
these figures are conclusive, as Moy they do not represent 
the whole n anes. The total production sugar in 
Fernando, and it was found more profitable to hire out the land 
in feat lots, (3) the remainder were abandoned because they 
