New-York tribune., 1899-07-15
JAMAICA AND BARBADOES. ,
ING TO THE PENDING RECI-
PROCITY TREATIES

Washington. July IA (speciaD.-The details OF the
commerce OF those portions OF the British West
Indies with which reciprocity treaties are under
consideration discussed somewhat in detail
by The Monthly Summary Of Commerce and
Finance just issued by the Treasury Bureau OF
statistics The imports OF Jamaica and Barbados
with which reciprocity discussions have reached
such an advanced stage as TO render this subject
matter of special interest. TO nearly N5.cO-
600 annuasy Discussing the details Of the COM
merce of these two islands. The summary says
Jamaica. the largest Of the British West India
Islands. lies ninety miles south OF Cuba and 100
miles west Of Hayti: has OF 400 square
miles and population of OOo0 The total number
$3.50. Of which 1881 were under pasture, .. IA
10 100 to bananas 1873 to cocoanuts isi to cocoa
c2 10 pimento, 245 TO and $50 10 ground pro-
visions. The tilable soil of Jamaica has since the
abolition of slavery. passed to a extent from
the hands of holders TO those OF small owners
greatly diyefsi6ed coee nee bananss ana coeoanuts and
cocoa having in many cases. occupied the area for
merly devoted to sugar cane.
acltiss oi INCLUDE colonial 6ank n, a VIII ~
The Government savings bank has 30 So depositors
with deposits amounting to fieS lss The local cur
can coins also current The registered ship
ping OF Jamaica consists Of l24 sailing vessels OF
6,6A tons and one steamer OF 459 tons. There are
telegraph.
fruits already mentioned. dyewoods. cabinet woods.
spices and other valuable tropical products The
Mountains brings 1t is said the highest price paid
from Jamaica in the year i@7;ss included &. 40
hundredweight Of coffee AS SSs pounds of bananas,
Of snSeT ss a sso1s Of rum M S SnSdred
weight OF raw sugar. e 200 Of logwood and Ss
he EXPORTS q m m and Of he
ports $50 The imports included 30 657 hundred
butter and compounds 5sS2s IONS Of coal and coke.
81 IN value OF cotton manufactures 1882 hundred
weight dried or salted hsh. 14766 barrels ot -four.
linen msnufacture% millinery and haoerdashery;
$4,000 feet Of lumber. S.50OG0 pounds of rice and
in sss in 5ns value %ss from Sne the
United Kingdom, f19 76s from the United States.
II rs 44S value Of exports in 1895 fS13s5S went to
the United Kingdom and fsO2932 to the United
Jamaica discovered by Columbus May 3. 1874,
taken possession Of by the Spanards in 1909. but
Cromwell, which. after unsuccessful attempt TO
capture the island of San Domingo seized Jamaica,
ment having been ceded to England in $50.
The island of Barbados. with whose Government
on the east Of a chain Of islands which stretches
America and which geographers divide into Wind
ward and 'Leeward" groups. Its population is.
1899 about 1s OoO: it's about l6s square miles
and the area under cultivation about 40 acres.
30 CO acres being annually planted with sugar cane.
which yielded in 1897 $500 hogsheads Of sugar. as
against IS 45l in 1895 and ~ s99 in 1896. There
al sugar works, and rum disteries. suga
the chief export though / $50 tons OF "manjak or
glance pitch'-a btuminous petroleum for fuel
was exported In 1897 In the exports OF that year
were 56.iS1 hogsheads Of raw sugar. valued at
= 6s ~: 220S hogsheads of other sugar, valued at
N'0.i26. 1892 puncheons OF molasses, valued at
ss.s7s; 4544e quintals Of dried FISH valued AZ 500
w. and considerable quantities Of coal, corn. -four
and manufactured articles much OF which was
apparently imported into Barbados and distributed
thence TO others Of the West India group. The i'm
ports included 39i776l pounds of bread and bis
cult T0.2s0 pounds of butter and compounds 1913
tons Of coal and coke. 30i 973 bushels Of corn and
other grain IS SIS barrels Of Indian cOrnmea 90 S9
barrels OF -four 1888 quintas of dried fish. S22 620
value OF hardware and metals, S651522 OF linen and
cotton goods. 95l62sl feet OF lumber 2.9l 43O
pounds OF salted or picked meat 45Sl,S5S pounds
l.4s96s slaves and shocks the total value OF the
years importstiOns being A90S S3 of which $500.
81 came from the United Kingdom. 500 Si5 from
North America N.566564 from the United States
and the remainder from British India British West
Indies British and Dutch Guiana and Peru. OF the
years exports which amounted 1859 537 in value.
S2,0s0535 came from the United States
Facilities for satisfactory transaction OF busi-
include colonial bank. with paid up capt
The chief city Bridgetown. has population OF Z-
O0O with three daily two weekly. two biweekly and
two monthly newspapers. The registered shipping
of 1897 consisted Of IS sailing vessels and steam
ers total tonnage 7l05 tons net. There are upon
the island p miles Of railroad 40 miles Of va gon
road "a miles Of telegraph line So miles Of police
telephone line and SO miles OF private telephone
line. which supplies 4S services Barba does is a
station Of the West Indian and Panama Telegra ph
miles: from Porto Rico. 449. and from Liverpool
8 -S miles