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aene as well as to the island ly. Mr. Dra 
concludes :—“ I feel assured that, _ these anes sonnei yen, you 
“ will do all in your power to assist in the c rvatio the 
‘remaining forests of the island, and that aa u a ii p and 
« persuade those in your vicinity to have a rational regard for 
‘their own and the general interests when contemplating the 
= Da oraint clearance of lands. 
227. Sir Charles Bruce, in the Blue Book Report for 1895, 
returns to the same subject. He records that, “on the 30th 
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“ the damage under these heads being estimated at over es 
“ Many acres of cultivated ew ťa also laid waste or carried 
‘away. A catastrophe of t e kind, in 1894, had ara 
“called my attention to rap ne soeasity of providing against the 
“denudation of the forest lands in the Colony . . it is 
“admitted that such clearings, if undertaken without proper 
“ precautions, are the fruitful cause of torrents, and generally 
“ of clearings on the slopes of the mountain ridges of Grenada 
“ tending to produce such results. 
228. This important matter should be dealt with by making 
reservations of all forest lands above certain well-defined 
lines. e Crown lands can be dealt with at once, but it is 
tej 
6d. per a In any case, I have no Ea in stating that any 
further ae sce of the high mountain lands in Grenada is fraught 
with considerable danger to the future AU of the island. 
229, CARRIACOU.—This is the largest and most important of 
i the Grenadine Islands belonging to Grenada. It has an area of 
a 6,913 acres, with a population of 6,190 souls. The chief town is 
Hillsborou ugh. The Royal Commission landed on this island for 
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a prosperous little island, with no less than 22 sugar estates 
h full working order. All these have disappeared. 
230. The only cultivation for export purposes now is cotton. 
It is stated that the average production per acre is only 50 pounds 
of li 
Medical officer, “most of the land is 
“ proprietors, who demand rents that are much too high under 
