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Industrial Exhibition which was opened amidst the greatest enthusiasm 
and in the presence of a large and brilliant assembly by H.R.H. Prince 
George of Wales on the 27th January. A few years ago such an exhibi- 
tion in Jamaica would have been impossible. Its success as an exhibition 
is felt to be largely due to the personal influence and the capable energy of 
the present Governor, Sir Henry Blake. He has fully realised the value 
of fostering every industry calculated to add to the welfare of the people ; 
and, although financially the exhibition will not be so successful as it 
deserves, it will mark an altogether new epoch in the history of the 
island. 
t is possible here to give only a brief description of the Jamaica 
Exhibition. ‘The building, about 500 feet long, is designed in a Moorish 
a theatre, a fine-arts gallery, and industrial village, п, an 
apiary, a working dairy, and models of various buildings and machinery 
suggested for use in the prosecution of tropical industries. Every n 
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Consort, from Windsor Castle. These are placed on each side of the 
large dome. Nearly one hundred different English firms have exhibits 
. in the main building and in the several annexes. The Exhibition was 
for the Colonies, was honorary president, and Mr. Charles Washington 
Eves, C.M.G., was chairman. Further, the Imperial Parliament made 
a grant of 1,0007. towards the general funds of the Exhibition. _ The 
British West Indian Colonies represented at the Exhibition consist of 
the Bahamas, Barbados, and the Windward Islands, including St. Lucia, 
St. Vincent, and Grenada. A short account of the exhibits from the 
Windward Islands is given in Appendix B. Вой the Turks Islands and 
the Cayman Islands, dependencies of Jamaica, have excellent exhibits. 
colony of the West Indies deserves great credit for the enterprising manner 
in which it has supported the Jamaica Exhibition. h ‹ 
nd, as was natural, it contained 
(Sisal Hemp), which just now is 
of great educational value to the people of Jamaica, and it will so greatly 
enlarge their views of the value of their resources that whatever money 
may be required to cover the general expenses of the undertaking, it 
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