20 



Cinnamon. 



Trees of the true cinnamon are found in various parts of the Island, but no attempt has 

 been made to utilize the bark, possibly for want of the knowledge how to prepare the commercial 

 article. Information is supplied in No. 26. This is a product suited to the small settler. 



Cola or Busy. 



Attention is directed in No. 23 to Cola. This is a product which requires no skilled labour, 

 either to grow the tree or to cure the bean, and may be recommended to the settlers. The demand for 

 cola is likely to increase enormously in the future, and it might well be planted out in cocoa plantations. 



Cocoa. 



Exported. 



Cwt. Qr. 



Lbs. 



Values. 





1892 



5,485 







15 



£12,349 



11 







1891 



6,417 



2 



24 



14,439 



17 



2 



\ Yr. 1890 



1,623 



3 



8 



3,653 



11 



11 



1889 



5,248 



3 



19 



10,581 



16 



5 



1888 



4,750 







6 



10,640 



2 



5 



1887 



3,452 



3 



13 



8,314 



10 







While the export for this year is less than that of 1891, there is a steady increase, and quite 

 lately information has been received that the quality is slightly improved. 



The question of curing properly is one of the most serious to the Island, involving in Mr. Morris's 

 opinion (see Bulletin No. 23) an annual loss of £20,000 or £30,000. If settlers fermented their cocoa 

 they would get better prices, and would soon plant more trees, and increase the amount as well as 

 the value. Messrs. Wilson Smithett and Co speak of Jamaica cocoa in very disparaging terms. 



They say : — "A small proportion of Jamaica cocoa imported here has undergone fermentation to a 

 *' greater or less degree, but the bulk is of very ordinary quality, the only West Indian Cocoa taking 

 " rank below ii being St. Domingo from Jeremie, whilst that from Samana in the same Island is 

 "superior to Jamaica. It has, however, all the characteristics of good cocoa — although wanting in 

 " size, and if properly harvested, fermented or sweated, and then dried in the sun until the bean be- 

 " comes crisp to the feel, so that the shell is fairly loose, and the interior dry and of an even chocolate 

 " brown not violet brown, when broken, it should command the general attention of trade. Great 

 *' care should be taken to protect it from rain whilst curing. It must be noted that manufacturers 

 " cannot pay much attention to small parcels, and that to insure a ready sale not much less than a ton 

 " weight of even colour and quality should be shipped, the larger the lot the better." The words 

 " small parcels" in the preceding statement point to the main difficulty that lies in the way of improve- 

 ment. If brokers in London will only deal with shipments of at least a ton in weight, merchants in 

 Kingston must mix all the small parcels brought in by the buyers, and cannot discriminate between 

 good and bad curing, for the proportion of good to bad must be, for some time, at any rate, very small 

 and therefore cannot have any great efiect in improving the quality of the whole. If the same price 

 is then paid to the people for their cocoa, whether cured or only washed, it is not to be wondered at 

 if they refuse to take trouble that is not paid for. It would appear that the only way out of this dif- 

 ficulty, inasmuch, as it is hopeless to expect a combination amongst shippers, is for the government 

 by some means to prevent the shipment of inferior quality. The same remark applies to oranges, 

 logwood, &c. 





Coco-nuts. 







Exported. 



Number. 



Values. 





1892 



7,856,656 



£26,512 16 



9 



1891 



8,554,618 



27,802 10 



2 



\ Yr. 1890 



3,195.238 



12,461 8 



7 



1889 



4,831,615 



15,219 11 



9 



1888 



5,909,301 



20,682 10 



10 



1887 



2,399,730 



8,998 19 



9 



The export of coco-nuts has been greater during 1891-92 than during any year for the past ten 

 years, in spite of great mortality amongst the trees at Montego Bay. A report was made on this dis- 

 ease, (Bulletin No. 23) but scarcely anything has been done by owners of trees to make use of the re- 

 medies suggested. 



Coco-nut butter has been manufactured in Europe since 1888. It is of great hygienic and diete- 

 tic value. The process of manufacture has been patented, and no details can be obtained. Coco-nut 

 oil, however, can easily be made, and can be used with great advantage in cooking, and in other ways, 

 in place of cooking-butter, or olive-oil. If the oil is put while still hot into hermetically sealed tins, 

 ©r into bottles ueing cotton wool with the stoppers, it ought to keep sweet for an indefinite time. 



Coffee. 



Exported. 



Cwt. Qr. 



Lbs. 



Values. 





1892 



86,926 1 



20 



£336,839 18 







1891 



75,680 



7 



283,800 4 



6 



Yr. 1890 



73,402 3 



8 



249,569 11 



10 



1889 



84,606 



8 



291,383 6 



2 



1888 



98,965 2 



8 



321,440 2 



8 



1887 



56,586 3 



26 



209,145 9 





