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their own cocoa from wild cacao trees. The cacao pro¬ 
duced is of high quality, and has fetched top prices 
in the English market. In 1901 the export was only 
665 lb., in 1903 it was 8,934 lb., in 1905 it was 
18,988 lb., and in 1907 46,435. 
The foregoing are agricultural industries which 
may be said to have established themselves in the 
colony. 
Another industry which may become important is 
that of rubber. Rubber, the produce of indigenous 
trees, is already exported to a slight extent. Planta¬ 
tions are, however, being started, notably by the 
Belize Estate and Produce Company, and by Messrs. 
Bernard and Hermann Cramer. As these latter 
gentlemen have succeeded in producing a high 
grade cacao, there is reason to hope that their 
experiments in rubber will also be successful. The 
most extensive plantations are those of the Belize 
Estate and Produce Company. They were unfortu¬ 
nate in suffering from exceptional droughts both in 
1907 and 1908/ Notwithstanding this, it appears 
from the latest reports that in 1908 their rubber trees 
had made excellent progress. As far as I can judge 
rubber production should become one of the standard 
industries of the colony. 
To sum up the present situation, I consider that, 
if no special efforts are made to obtain more popula¬ 
tion, the following will be the staple agricultural 
products of the Colony:—Plantains, Bananas, Coco¬ 
nuts, Cacao and Rubber. 
Their production will increase as the population 
increases. There is ample land available for the 
cultivation of each. 
There are other articles which undoubtedly can be 
grown in the colony, but which I do not expect to 
be grown for export unless our labour supply :s 
greatly increased. First there is sugar. There is 
plenty of land available for sugar planting, close to 
