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agricultural resources of British Honduras. lt is. noticed by- t 
Governor that a valuable impetus has been given to the cultivation 
fruit for export by the organisation of a new steamship company 
capitalists. Already, owing to this cause, increased spplications 
have been made for the purchase or lease of eue lands, and ^ heiter 
facilities are afforded for the Papi of Frgrialtud gpeosnodn i. 
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- principal cree of Se M. in addition to mahogany. and 
n, bananas, cocoanuts, and plantains, 
Rat according to ved sema. cmm the quantity produced during 
1893, and in the case o anas, cocoanuts, and plantains, the quantity 
exported for the. sanie, period,. are.as follows: sugar, 1,190,920 lbs. ; 
s; In tor maize, 47,607 ppasbele 5 bananas 
ree ; e a E 
. cannot, ho ; cons 
quantity duce 
Under bananas, " gocoanuts, and plantains only the quantity exported 
¡as no reliable figures coul obtained as to the a 
as Pe ee Me a 
estimate of the bunches of ba 
potiiis ders Ly. prodiit in the C 
or home consumption is a dgio of nearly 45000 6 
Then i is a very considerable decrease in the quantity of bananas, cocoa- 
nuts, and pana exported i in 1893 as compared. withthe four previous 
ears, but this decrease is almost, entirely attributable to the disastrous 
effects of the rea of nie 6th of July, which, wrecked or. very seriously 
da nearly all the plantations in the southern districts of Stann 
Creek and Toledo. Conetdering the. geographical position. of British 
Honduras, Cohete of its soil, and the general salubrity of its climate, 
it is — number ofits agricultural products as articles 
of commerce is not greater than it is. By the establishment, through 
the efforts of his Excellency Sir Alfred Moloney, K:€:M.G.; im- of 
a Botanic. Station. at Belize attached to the grounds of. Gov 
House, an attempt has been made to ereate a nursery for the cultivation 
of plants of economic value of all kinds, But the condition of the soil in 
Belize and. the proximity of the station to the sea have Pora the present 
site to be not altogether suited for its purpose, and it is hoped to shortly 
transfer the Botanic Station to the Stann Creek district where a site of 
some 75 acres, admirably Tone for its purpose, has been generously 
placed at the ^E ier sal of the Government by the board of directors of 
the British Hond ad Bali? Even at Belize the Botanic Station 
has pr in of value, f for, from the experiments made there, and from 
experience gained “of the resources and capabilities of the Colony, it 
seems eat that thé following produets, in addition to those which have 
eady ag ar EM n be grown with advantage and with profitto 
turi castor-oil plant, coffee (Jiberica for the lowlands, 
arabica for t the highlands) ), rubber ( Castilloa elastica), Cola acuminata, 
cotton, grape: fruit, ground nut, henequen, jute, lemon, lime, nutmeg, 
imento, sa sapodilla, shaddock, tobacco, and vanilla. In 
addition to the above, the following kitehen-garden products, as they are 
Be Pai cine can be readily cultivated: artichoke (J erusalem), 
asparagus, beans of Sow aerate Sr ge rap , cauliflower, 
“gourds, Indian kale, ee e: miel 
sa coche pa (ish and sweet), peas, spinach, an 
