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great difficulty in obtaining land in St. Lucia, for the population 
is a sparse one, and there are no large areas locked u up in unpro- 
ductive or abandoned estates as in St. Vincent. It is undesirable, 
therefore, to relax unduly eas regulations for the acquisition of 
Crown lands until such tim there is aciual need for th 
people to obtain them to ei themselves from actual privation. 
pe a contingency is a very improbable one in St. Lucia, whatever 
may be the case in the other islands. 
257. Taken as a whole, the prospects of St. Lucia are more 
promising than of St. Vincent, and if there were a slight 
improvement in the pri ce of sugar and cacao, the industries of the 
island would not require special attention beyond such active steps 
y be necessary to improve the cultivation of the 1 and 
increase the efficiency of the cultivat hing of, a 
least, the theory of agriculture in all elementary schoo] he 
go through the 
districts to visit schools, and give practical demonstrations on 
peasant holdings, in growing and curing cacao, coffee, ginger, 
kola, and preparing and packing fruit. 
