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small area—from 10 to 50 acres, The value of the cacao exported 
has steadily risen of late years. In 1881 the exports were of the 
value of 266,613/. In 1895 they had increased to 620,6347., or 
24,219/. more than the value of the s 
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10,038 bags of cacao was 17,0257., or an average of 17. 14s, per bag 
of 165 pounds. As the exports for 1895 amounted to 158,813 bags, 
on this assumption the cacao industry is the means of distributing 
269,965/. annually in the Colony. 
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plants from the roprietor, to keep both cacao and shade trees 
weeded and vacancies supplied, and eventually to give up the land 
established in cacao on payment at the rate of Is. per tree. The 
payment for the cacao trees when fully planted is from 12/. to 147. 
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contractors in both Trinidad and Grenada, but its 
there is a sufficient amount of labour there is no doubt that a 
good cacao estate could be more efficiently planted, and at a less 
cost eventually, by the proprietor himself. 
49. Returns submitted to the Royal Commission showed that 
15 selected estates distributed over the island had an aggregate 
area of 5,524 acres. The yield in cured cacao on an average of 
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containing 357 acres was returned as yielding 1,500 bags per 
annum, or an average of over four bags per acre. In the case of 
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