UBRART ' 
NSW VdRK 
PREFACE. 
Though British Honduras has an area actually 
greater than that of the British West Indian Islands 
combined, and though it was settled over two 
hundred and seventy years ago, it is surprising 
how little is known about the colony at home. 
It is with the object, therefore, of calling attention 
to its immense though undeveloped resources, and 
to the opportunities which it affords for the profitable 
investment of capital that this pamphlet is published. 
It comprises a lecture delivered under the auspices 
of the West India Committee, on July 22nd last, 
by Mr. Wilfred Collet, CJVLG., who has been Colonial 
Secretary of British Honduras since 1905, and is con¬ 
sequently in a position to speak with authority 
regarding the colony and its possibilities. 
Algernon E. Aspinall. 
The West India Committee Rooms, 
15, Seething Lane, E.C. 
November, 1909. 
