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has 4 presented to the Governor, asking “ le a Bill be sent down 
- e Legislature appropriating a sum of money for the purpose of 
ч establishing on the highlands in the * ra oit? district of the island 
exposed character of the localit 
January 19.—A very interesting day was spent visiting estates 
the western side of Barbados. In the evening I embarked on board iio 
_ В.М.5. * Medway ” for Jamaica. 
JAMAICA. 
ood deal of interest is attached to Jamaica just now. After a ve 
long period of stagnation it is believed that it has eventually entered upon 
a condition of comparative prosperity. It Ваз а large surplus revenue, the 
land is fast increasing in value, and the people have developed numerous . 
rees which a few years ago were little thought of. The fruit 
| еф, of Jamaica (chiefly in bananas and oranges) is probably now the 
ost important of any in the tropics. In this “e S of the estimated 
ута of 15,0007. ; іп 1884 it had increased to 274,000/. : while in 1889 
it had reached the total value of 324 0007. During AN the value of 
the sugar gode was 244,000, and of the rum 137,0007. The fruit 
industry is now, therefore, the most important industry in the island, 
aud its I is all the more gratifying that it stimulates the culti- 
vation of a number of plants that ve be the means of extending large 
and permanent industries. ' As a case in point, it may be mentioned that 
cacao plants can be easily and ит grown under ma shade of 
cacao t 
_ cacao. In 1875 the exports were othe value of 873/.; т 1883 they 
had increased to 5,000/.; while in 1889 the total value was 11,0002. 
Another eri development has taken place in regard to log w The 
value of the logwood exported in recent years has eet as low as 
,000/. In 1889 this had reached a total of 379,7591.` This general 
