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CACAO OE COCOA, 



goes iato other countries, for the preparation of that delicious chocolate which 

 we buy of them. It is thrown out of our market by the differential duty. But 

 it is their own fault if our own colonies do not produce fine cocoa, as Trinidad 

 has conclusively proved." 



The exports of cacao from St. Lucia, where there are now 300 

 acres under cultivation, have been as follows :* — I have also added 

 the produce of St. Yincent and G-renada imported here : — 



Grenada. St. Lucia. St. Vincent, 



lbs. lbs. lbs. 



1828 .... .... 75,275 .... 17,384 



1829 .... 300,051 .... 93,793 .... 12,216 

 1833 .... 337,901 .... 153,340 .... 9,989 



1831 .... 368,882 .... 98,090 .... 7,861 



1832 .... 196,195 .... 51,925 .... 538 



1833 .... 312,446 .... 91,048 .... 1,005 



1834 .... 349,367 .... 60,620 .... 2,197 



1835 .... 276,359 .... 49,218 .... 5,876 



1836 .... 307,236 .... 47,950 .... 7,721 



1837 .... 351,613 .... 48,591 .... 2,525 



1838 .... 426,626 .... 38,590 .... 6,588 



1839 .... 327.497 .... 54,639 .... 760 



1840 .... 269,680 .... 82,293 . .. 3,956 



1841 .... 372,008 .... 78,225 .... 3,874 



1842 .... 280,679 .... 55,175 .... 7,268 



1843 .... 296,269 .... 48,279 .... 55,867 



1844 .... 544,253 .... 65,667 8,304 



1845 .... 342,092 .... 31,000 6,450 



1850 609,911 .... 1,372 8,642 



1852 .... 604,299 .... 9,428 .... 5,287 



A little cacao is now groT^ni in Antigua, about 19,000 lbs. having 

 been exported from that island in 1843, and 2,000 in 1846. 



Dominica and British Gruiana produce small quantities ; our 

 imports from these quarters having been as follows : — 





Dominica. 



Demerara. 





Dominica. 



Demerara 





lbs. 



lbs. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



1833 



.. 8,808 



.. 2,051 



1840 



. . 2,366 . 



. 2,376 



1834. 



.. 4,767 



86 



1841 



.. 4,014 . 

 667 



129 



1835 



685 



126 



1842 



98 



1836 



279 



.. 1,121 



1843 



.. 4,614 . 



. 4,178 



1837 



. . 1,896 



522 



1844 



.. 1,746 . 



. 10,209 



1838 



.. 1,054 





1845 



. . 5,444 . 





1839 



. . 1,127 



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The cultivation of cacao in Cuba is of comparatively recent in= 

 troduction, but it is expected to increase, and, in some degree, 

 to supply the place of coffee, which is evidently on the decHne 

 there. In 1827, the gross produce of Cuba amounted to 23,806 

 arrobas, and the exports to 19,053. In the same year, 15,301| 

 arrobas were imported, so that at that period the production was 

 not adequate to the consumption. The expectation of a great 

 increase of production seems not to have been realized, as the 

 exports of cacao in 1837 were only 587^ arrobas, while the imports 

 amounted to 40,837|^ arrobas. 



There are now about sixty-nine cacao plantations in that island, 



* According to Brcen's History of St. Lucia up to lb44. 



