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visited as a holiday resort. There are some very 
interesting caves in the neighbourhood, which are well 
worthy of notice. 
South of Manatee we came into the Stann Creek 
district, south again of which is the Toledo district. 
The circumstances of these districts are somewhat 
different from those of the northern districts. The 
northern half of the colony may be said to belong to 
the timber industry, and the southern to agriculture. 
It is true that there is agriculture in the north and 
timber-cutting in the south ; but it is in The south that 
most has been done in the way of agriculture, while 
a good deal of the timber is at present difficult of 
access. The south has no rivers like those of the 
north, but still, for ease of transport, cultivation has 
taken place chiefly on the banks of such streams as 
there are—streams which are navigable for doreys 
for distances of ten to 15 miles. In some cases short 
tramways carry fruit to the coast. Bananas are 
grown at Mullin’s river, Stann Creek, Sittee river, 
Sennis, Monkey river, and other places, and once a 
week a steamer for New Orleans or Mobile collects 
fruit at these places. At Stann Creek the Govern¬ 
ment is constructing the first railway of the colony. 
The inland terminus is situated some 25 miles from 
the coast, in the centre of a block of rich land, which 
the United Fruit Company of Boston is arranging 
to buy from the Government. Possibly at this 
moment the transfer may have : been completed.* The 
company undertakes to bring a certain area into 
cultivation every year„ until the whole area suitable 
for cultivation has been cultivated. Not only is it 
hoped that operations by the company will increase 
the general trade of the colony, but it is hoped that 
it will give an example to smaller planters of better 
methods than those now adopted. 
The Agreement between the Government and the United 
Fruit Compaq has now been completed.—A.E.A. 
