98 
ago as 1662, is shown by the fact that out of five million acres, the total 
estimated area, there are only forty thousand acres returned as under 
cultivation at the close of 1892. There is Ec Ad considerable 
cedi. in regard to logwood and mahogany, which have hitherto 
ef articles of export. Up to the present time the Colony 
has tiki Speedie for its existence upon the cutting of these valuable 
native timbers. The one cheering fact in the agricultural condition of 
British Honduras at the present time, is the gradual and steady develop- 
ment which has taken place during the last few years in the fruit trade. 
In order of importance the value of the vegetable produets of the 
Colony exported during 1892 is as follows :— — Logwood, $616,838; 
$7,450 ; and West India cedar (Cedrela), $2,610. The fruit exports, 
including cocoanuts, are now almost two-thirds of those of mahogany. 
is every indication that with due encouragement these are 
destined, as in Jamaica, to occupy a very prominent position in the 
future. "Moreover, the cultivation of fruit, especially bananas, lea 
the permanent establishment of the land in coffee, cacao, spices, and 
other tropical staples 
piros Statistics, 
The estimated acreage of the Colony is 4,839,408 acres, of which 
000 are returned as being under cultivation, and 4,155,000 as being 
uncultivated, The estimated acreage of mahogany and logwood works- 
065,000 acres. town and suburban lands belonging to the 
Crown have to be sold by public auction at an upset price fixed by the 
Governor in Council, which generally ranges from $1 an acre upwards, 
and cannot be sold privately; whilst leases of Crown land are also 
granted by the Governor in Council at rates varying from 25 cents an 
acre per annum, subject to such conditions as the cireumstances of each 
application may seem to require. In order to en courage immigration 
and develop the resources of the Colony, the Governor in Council is 
empowered by law to issue free grants of rural lands to persons who 
may desire to settle in the Colony, in lots not exceeding 20 acres for 
each adult above 18 years of age, and 10 acres for eac 
that age, subjeet to such conditions as to niue ovements or residence as 
may be impos 
It is estimated that about 3 075,981 acres of land in the Colony have 
been granted, and that about 1 ,168 ,424 acres remain ungranted, 
The orineipal products of the Colony, i in addition to mahogany and 
mie d are sugar, bananas, rum, Indian corn, coffee, rice, and 
cocoan 
The following table gives the [approximate] quantity produced from 
1889 to 1892. The returns of bananas and cocoanuts are given for the 
first time in 1892 :— 
— | Sugar.* | Bananas, Rum, s | Coffee, | Rice. | Cocoanuts. 
Proof 
| Lbs. Bunches. | gallons. | Bushels*| Lbs. | Bushels. No. 
1889 2,390,900 | not given 67,966 100,451 931 1,718 | not given 
1890 | 2,004,536 | not given 78,191 137,806 632 1,316 | not given 
1891 -| 1,655,664 | not given 52,757 105,840 87 963 | not given 
1892 -| 1,953,762 260,000 68,146 87,640 | 20,000 6253 | 2,800,000 
* In 1889 and 1890 the heading is “ sugar and concrete.” 
