AGRICULTURE. 



293 



[Note. — From all the island — 



1840 to 1845 187,035 1851 57,453 



1845 " 1850 290,000 1852 58,591] 



Trinidad, and the small port of Baracoa, have also 

 a considerable trade in wax, which is gathered in 

 the uncleared portions of the country. The vicinity 

 of the sugar plantations destroys many bees, for they 

 become drunken with the refuse of the sugar kettles 

 and the molasses, of which they are very fond. In 

 general, the production of wax declines as the lands 

 are brought under cultivation. 



