. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Submarine Cables. Regular Lines of Steamers. _— 6-20 Miles. blacks or people of colour, perfectly acclimatised, and steadily increasing by the natural excess of births over the mortality. But large numbers of young men emigrate to France, Haiti, and the United States, so that the female exceeds the male population by about 10,000. The proportion of illegitimate children is about two to one, and scarcely one-fifth of the people have received any instruc- tion. As in Guadeloupe, the staple product is sugar, the cane plantations covering about 100,000 acres, o
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Submarine Cables. Regular Lines of Steamers. _— 6-20 Miles. blacks or people of colour, perfectly acclimatised, and steadily increasing by the natural excess of births over the mortality. But large numbers of young men emigrate to France, Haiti, and the United States, so that the female exceeds the male population by about 10,000. The proportion of illegitimate children is about two to one, and scarcely one-fifth of the people have received any instruc- tion. As in Guadeloupe, the staple product is sugar, the cane plantations covering about 100,000 acres, or one-fifth of the whole area. Hence the exports consist almost exclusively of sugar, rum, and tafia, estimated at a total yearly value of from £720,000 to £800,000. A little cacao is also cultivated, but coffee has been almost completely abandoned. The so-called " Martinique coffee " of commerce
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