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The Journal of the Royal 
Abstrai^s worked out of the Agricultural Returns of the 
Lands under Provisions, Fruits and Pasturage in the 
colonised part^ of British Guiana for the years /Sgy 
and i8g8, details regarding Sugar Cane and Rice 
cultivation excluded. 
1897, 
• 
1 
1 
North- 
Berbice. 
Demerara. 
ESSEQUEBO. 
western 
District. 
Acres 
Ro'ds 
225 
Acres 
985 
Ro'ds 
50 
Acres 
330 
Ro'ds 
Acres 
RoMs 
Coffee ... 
156 
225 
85 
Cocoa 
37 
75 
1,440 
25 
122 
... 
317 
... 
Kola 
2 
1 12 
27 
37 
19 
125 
... 
... 
Spices 
... 
3 
100 
... 
75 
... 
... 
Cocoanuts... 
1,431 
225 
1,672 
225 
316 
... 
107 
.... 
Arrowroot... 
9 
... 
5 
225 
... 
225 
^0 
Breadfruit ... 
8 
. • . 
180 
. . . 
12 
150 
... 
... 
Avo' Pears,. 
... 
. . • 
• • • 
37 
■ • • 
... 
... 
Fruit Trees. 
463 
112 
346 
50 
86 
37 
16 
75 
Pine Apples 
12 
150 
16 
9 
225 
16 
150 
Plantains ... 
8,895 
I 2 
8,532 
50 
1,636 
... 
434 
... 
Cassava ... 
3 AS 2 
... 
3.38' 
... 
739 
150 
55 
150 
Eddoes, 
Yams,&c. 
5.514 
225 
2,444 
• C ... 
230 
... 
100 
... 
Pea Nuts .. 
. . . 
. . . 
... 
7 
. . 
• • • 
.. 
Corn 
25 
... 
200 
... 
66 
... 
• • • 
... 
Total... 
17586 
79436 
236 
19213 
197 
75 
3.576 
15098 
12 
1.^33 
105 
6 lUsed ... 
IOC 
15415 
1.675 
... 
S'NotUsed 
18025 
^5c 
> 5837 
25c 
^ 6556 
• • 
2,472 
... 
J Total.. 
97461 
25c 
)2I253 
25 
21654 
... 
4,147 
... 
Area represented as under produ6lion, exclusive of 
pasturage, in the three Counties and the North-Western 
Distri(5l, 41,510 acres, or about four-sevenths of that under 
