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the British West Indies in 1902 was approximately 147,000 acres, as 

 against 148,000 acres in 1912-13. The Island of Trinidad has the 

 largest area under cane, or slightly more than one-third of the total 

 cane area of the British West Indies. The average annual area 

 under cane during the decade 1903-1912 was 60,000 acres, compared 

 with 34,000 for Barbados and 29,000 for Jamaica. Statistics of sugar 

 production for St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Leeward Islands are 

 lacking, and exports of sugar have been used for those islands. The 

 estimated production of sugar for the British West Indies decreased 

 from 207,716 tons in 1893-94 to 190,341 in 1897-98; increased to 

 201,595 in 1902-3; decreased to 182,830 in 1903-4, to 169,534 in 

 1907-8, and to 128,532 in 1912-13. The annual production for the 

 decade 1903-4 to 1912-13 was 161,060 tons, as against 187,920 for the 

 preceding decade, a decrease of 14.8 per cent. The production of 

 sugar in Trinidad during the last 10 years was slightly more than 

 one-third that of all the islands. Barbados produced less than one- 

 third, while the Leeward Islands and Jamaica produced another 

 third. Each of these islands shows a decrease in the output of sugar, 

 which was due in part to diversified farming. In Trinidad the cacao 

 industry has exceeded the sugar industry, while in Barbados, since 

 1911, the manufacture of sirup and molasses has taken the place of 

 sugar making. The production of " fancy molasses," or sirup direct 

 from the juice of the cane, on this island in 1913 was 8,139,120 gal- 

 lons, and that of " choice molasses " was 946,880 gallons. 



The area of land under cultivation in Trinidad in 1913-14 was 

 459,675 acres, of which 336,154 acres were used for cacao, 50,742 for 

 sugar cane, and 27,356 for coconuts. The value of the molasses pro- 

 duced in Barbados exceeded $1,800,000 in 1912 and 1913, while the 

 value of the sugar produced was $1,500,000 in 1912 and $441,000 

 in 1913. 



The exports of sugar from the British West Indies decreased from 

 189,369 tons in 1893-94 to 151,907 in 1895-96, and increased to 167,950 

 in 1902-3, or an average of 165,311 for the decade. In 1903-4 the 

 exports of sugar were 132,066 tons, which decreased to 110,690 in 

 1912-13 and to 82,486 in 1913-14, or an average of 135,344 for the 

 decade ending with 1912-13, a decrease of 28 per cent as compared 

 with the preceding decade. The United Kingdom, Canada, and the 

 United States have been the principal markets for West Indian 

 sugar. During the eight years 1895-96 to 1902-3 the annual exports 

 to the United Kingdom were 34,098 tons, or 26.7 per cent, as against 

 43,191 tons, or 31.9 per cent, for the ten years 1903-4 to 1912-13. 



In 1903 the erection of a modern sugar factory was planned at 

 Gunthorpe, on the island of Antigua, and was completed in time 

 to begin operations in 1905. It had its origin in a series of agree- 

 ments between a group of owners of sugar estates and a company 



