143 



I will bow give an example of the receipts and expenditure on a 

 portion of woodland of fifty acres of a pen which has been utilized for 

 cultivating bananas. 



The operations were commenced in October, 1899, and the expenditure 

 to date amounts to £1,312, which includes interest at 6 per cent., 

 barracks of six rooms, purchase of suckers, and cutting down forest 

 land. 



The receipts month by month are given below 



1900. 

 December 



1901. 

 January 

 February 

 March 

 April 

 May 

 June 

 July 

 August 

 September 

 October 

 November 

 December 



Total 



£ 



s. 



d. 



2 



19 



1 



7 



17 



11 



31 



19 



9 



154 



4 



11 



526 



2 



7 



425 



15 



e 



367 



5 







185 



U 



6 



97 







3 



84 



9 



11 



128 



18 



11 



75 











68 











£2,155 



6 



4 



A word of caution is necessary in considering the receipts. Every 

 .one who has had experience of growing bananas knows how a sudden 

 'blow' may level hundred of acres of stems, and this may happen just 

 when the bunches are ready for the harvest, and a year's work and 

 expenditure are lost beyond redemption. The planter should therefore 

 insure himself in some way so as not to be left stranded without money 

 to carry on cultivation for another year. 



BANANA DISTRICTS, 



Number of acres under cultivation in bananas in the various parishes 

 .of Jamaica during the year 1901 : — 



St Andrew . . , . 465 



St. Thomas 

 Portland 

 St. Mary 

 St. Ann 

 Trelawny 

 St. James 

 Hanover 

 Westmoreland 

 St. Elizabeth 

 Manchester 

 Clarendon 

 .St. Catherine 



3,679 

 3,815 

 12,965 

 815 

 107 

 422 

 370 

 58 

 32 

 24 

 367 

 6,163 



29,282 



