THE WEST INDIAN LIME. 



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TABLE I. 



Total Exports of Limk Products trom Dominica from 1848 to 1906. 



Year. 



Exports. 



Year. 



Exports. 



1 



Year. 



. 



Exports. 





e 





£ 





£ 



1848 



282 



1868 





1888 



7,909 



1849 



125 



1869 



186 i 



1889 



8,061 



1850 



No record 



1870 



72 



1890 



10,107 



1851 





1871 



170 



1891 



10,172 



1852 



105 1 



1872 



691 



1 1892 



11,683 



1853 



No record 



1873 



738 



1 1893 



15,505 



1854 



92 



1874 



1,600 



1894 



12,980 



1855 



60 



1875 



1,823 



1895 



14,995 



1856 



68 



1876 



1,834 



1896 



19,833 



1857 



12 



1877 



1,673 



1897 



18,892 



1858 



26 1 



1878 



2,337 



1898 



24,844 



1859 



No record ' 



1879 



3,157 



1899 



32,274 



1860 



14 



1880 



4,018 



1900 



36,048 



1861 





1881 



6,427 



1901 



35,164 



1862 





1882 



5,249 



1902 



45,370 



1863 





1883 



4,795 



1903 



23,470 



1864 





1884 



3,598 



1904 



29,051 



1865 





1885 



3,602 



1905 



40,001 



1866 



31 



1886 



5,267 







1867 



33 



1887 



8,655 







This table includes raw and concentrated juice, essential oils, green 

 and pickled limes, and preserved peel and citrate of lime. 



TABLE II. 



Detailed List of Lime Products exported during the Year 1906. 



Distilled lime oil 



Expressed lime oil . 



Fresh limes (fruit) 



Pickled limes ,, 



Lime juice, raw 



„ „ concentrated 

 ,, ,, cordial . 



Citrate of lime . 



3,742 galls. 

 964 



17,702 barrels 

 1,615 „ 

 174,532 galls. 

 126,471 

 222 



733 cwts. 



£ 



2,245 

 771 

 6,195 

 605 

 4,383 

 25,324 

 27 

 2,586 



£'42,136 



TABLE III. 



SH0^YING THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF LiME PlANTS FROM THE BoTANIO STATION 



FROM 1890 to 1906. 



Year. Pla ts. U Year. ' Tlants. 



1890 00 1899 24,605 



1891 5,186 1900 46,081 



1892 9,950 1901 38,075 



1893 7,150 1902 40,570 



1894 5,250 1903 24,904 



1895 2,500 1904 23,429 



1896 6,200 1905 51,376 



1897 j 11,895 1906 65,000 



1898 I 11,824 



At the close of the lecture Sir Albert Rollit said the paper was an 

 excellent illustration of the Fruit Show in the hall below as regards the 



