. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 58 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 20, The exiwrts of sugar from Britisli Guiana for the year will amount to, approximately, 113,000 tons. The quantity of sugar on hand unshipiied at date is less by about 7,000 tons than the quantity on hand on December 31 year. The exports for the previous three years were: 1904, 108,137 tons; 1903, 132,916 tons; 1902, 121,230 tons. [Deinerara Argusy, December 30, ) GLEANINGS. The Port-of-Spain Gazette, of December 30, states: ?' From general inquiries we gather
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 58 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 20, The exiwrts of sugar from Britisli Guiana for the year will amount to, approximately, 113,000 tons. The quantity of sugar on hand unshipiied at date is less by about 7,000 tons than the quantity on hand on December 31 year. The exports for the previous three years were: 1904, 108,137 tons; 1903, 132,916 tons; 1902, 121,230 tons. [Deinerara Argusy, December 30, ) GLEANINGS. The Port-of-Spain Gazette, of December 30, states: ?' From general inquiries we gather that this is the heaviest jear for cacao export that has been known for a long time. Apart from quantity, the quality, too, is exceptional.' The following items occur in the list in the Annital Report for 1901-5 of the exports from St. Vincent: Cassava starch, £1,379; vegetables, £2,340 ; ground nuts, £1, ; farine, £343. All the above-mentioned items show decided increases as compared with the values for 1903-4. The tobacco industry in Southern Rhodesia is considered to have passed the experimental stage, and various qualities of leaf are securing a steady sale locally, the tobacco grown from Turkish seed having already established a good reputa- tion. {Trojyical Lite, December 1905.) Sea Island cotton with perfect preparation and selected staple has brought full prices during the week; but poorly prepared grades, with ordinary staple, have been sold at a slight discount. Lower grades have been in request all the week. {Cotton Trade Journal, Savannah, Georgia, December 9, ) ' The quantity of ground provisions imported into ?Grenada during 1904 has been of sutHcient volume to justify their separate inclusion in the statement of imports. These provisions nearly all come from St. Vincent and Barbados. The value of the imports of ground provisions in 1903 was £309 ; in 1904, £843.' {Annual Report on Grenada.) A correspondent in Dominica writes: 'Is there any known o
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