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the exports. These, however, exceed £100,000 annually, com- 

 prising Mahogany, Logwood, Eosewood, and Brazilwood. Rose- 

 wood is Dalhergia nigra, shipped from Rio, whilst other species of 

 the genus are known as Violet- wood and King- wood. Brazilwood, 

 hard and heavy, but largely used as a dye, is Ccesalpinia echindta. 



French Guiana produces many valuable timbers, including 

 Angelique [Dicorynia paraensis), Cuamara or Tonka-bean {Couma- 

 rouna odordta), Courbaril or Locust {Hymencea Gourharil), Balata 

 {Mimusops Balata), Lancewood {Duguetia quitarensis), and Crab- 

 wood {Cdrapa guianensis), several of which species grow also in 

 Dutch and British Guiana. In all three colonies the forests cover 

 almost the whole area. British Guiana, where forest conservation 

 has been introduced, produces hundreds of species of timber, 

 suitable for almost every purpose, growing, however, in a mixed 

 virgin forest, though at present the exports amount only to about 

 170,000 cubic feet, valued at £11,000 a year. The most important 

 species are Greenheart {Neddndra Bodicei), Mora {Dimorpkdndra 

 Mora), Crabwood {Gdrapa guianensis). Bullet [Mimusops glohosa), 

 and Locust. Trinidad grows Mora, Crabwood, Bullet, Locust, 

 Lignum- Vitae (Guaiacum offlcindU), Galba {Calophyllum Odlaha), 

 the dye-wood Fustic {Chlorophora tinctoria), and other valuable 

 species ; but its export is insignificant. Ecuador, Colombia, and 

 Venezuela have extensive forest resources, but export little or no 

 timber. Honduras, however, exports Mora, Mahogany, Fustic, 

 and Zebra-wood {Guettdrda speciosa), whilst British Honduras now 

 only exports Cedar {Gedrela odordta), Mahogany, and Logwood. 

 The annual British import of Mahogany from America has notably 

 declined, being only 2 milHon cubic feet in 1906, as against 

 23 million of West African. 



West Indies. — ^Though exporting Httle timber save Mahogany, 

 and even employing Pine imported from the United States in its 

 sea-ports, Cuba possesses extensive and valuable forests, yielding 

 Cedar, Logwood, Fustic, Lignum- Vitee, Ocuje {Calophyllum Gdlaba), 

 Roble Blanco or Jamaica Box {Tecoma pentaphylla), an Ebony 

 [Diospyros tetrasperma), Cocus-wood or Granadillo {Brya Ehenus), 

 and the valuable Sabicu [Lysiloma Sdbicu). 



In 1873 Jamaica was estimated to contain 800,000 acres of 

 timber, of which 20,000 were in the hands of Government ; but 

 clearing was then proceeding at the rate of 30,000 acres a year. 

 Dye-woods, such as Logwood, Fustic, etc., now form over 8 per 

 cent, of the exports of the island, which exceed 1| millions sterHng ; 

 but the forests contain many valuable cabinet- woods, the Mahogany 

 being harder and richer in grain than that of Honduras. 



While Barbadoes and some others of the Windward Islands are 



