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reach or huna > in a single year. The decline of coffee 
cultiva Dominica is variously attributed to political 
Sacirtanve the leks of the “white fly,” restrictions of the 
slave trade, and the superior profit arising from sugar one of 
these can be said to be operative at present. The “ “white fly” is 
own to attack ay coffee only iy it is cultivated a a 
low elevation. Above 2,000 feet the fl uses no anxiety, as it 
Appear not to Bariah ` in moist aaps districts. Moreover, 
e fly does not affect Liberian coffee, which can be cultivated 
D om sea level up to the point where the Arabian coffee begins. 
293. Of late years planting has been a up in many districts 
with marked success, and coffee once mo e appears in the list of 
exports. The coffee " exported during ihe last six years is as 
follows :— 
Year. 1891. | 1892, | 1898..| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. 
Quantity (Ibs.) ... ... | 7,420 | 22,020 | 8,890 | 14,264 | 19,020 | 25,786 
Value (£) ga 240 734 333 536 713 967 
294. The Administrator (P. A. Templer, Esq., C.M.G.), formerly 
of the Ceylon Civil Service, placed before the Commission the 
following particulars respecting the prospects of the cultivation 
o Amae offee on large estates by European planters in 
Dominica : 
“ While moni on leave in England, I m ire COPENH of 
e gabe many old Ceylon coffee plan m I met as to 
es “ thè cost of opening kai land and Senas it ate haeta a 
with Arabian coffee. I was told that 20/. to 257. per acre added 
“to the original cost of the land would be a liberal estimate. 
“ Taking the higher figure for Dominica, but ey ee in pr bo 
“purchase price of land (even at piin an estate of 300 a 
“ assuming the whole of it to have been opened and med a 
"3 P uld, at the end of four saa when it would be in 
“s ring, have cost 7,5007. To this must be added, say, 2,5007. 
. “ for buildings, machinery, and stock, and the capital invested 
‘ma set down at 10,0002. ; 5 cwt. of clean coffee to the acre is 
M 
ency, and counting labour at one labourer for every 
aq — getting 10d. e day and Depr ng four days a week), the 
“balance, 2,5007., oe a very fair return for the capital 
sd invested, even ee due allowance is made for bad seasons and 
“ occasional failure of crops. 
_295. Liberian coffee was introduced into Dominica about 
T 
“ experiments that have been made with this plant since its 
* introduction show that it snes be cultivated from sea-level up 
