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Imports 1

Exports 1

1895

1896

1897

1895

1896

1897

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bahamas

172,581

194,774

186,010

124,011

138,972

149,085

Barbados.

956,921

1,048,887

1,008,699

587,298

758,228

736,163

Jamaica -.

2,288,946

1,856,378

1,660,667

1,873,105

1,470,241

1,448,443

Turks Islands.

26,735

30,245

33,239

21,688

31,498

43,303

Windward Islands : —

St. Lucia

154,945

190,534

245,253

137,869

93,720

154,267

St. Vincent

64,842

71,490

70,824

68,690

67,392

68,935

Grenada.

175,712

154,405

164,356

174,497

183,883

154,439

Leeward Islands : —

Virgin Islands

4,576

4,478

3.301

3,818

3,710

4,033

rSt. Christopher 1 Nevis

172,281

185,214

135,921

140,542

119,361

1 149,204

Antigua.

144,864

1.^5,627

110,188

87,125

131,113

117,202

Montserrat

24,480

26,497

22,269

17,189

25,912

22,063

Dominica

69,789

64,477

54,074

39,471

51,438

47,416

Trinidad.

2,276,864

2,463,525

2,161,231

2,065,104

2,165,820

1,994,926

Tobago. Total value

13,643

13,932

11,655

10,517

10,765

4,681

6,545,426

6,440,463

5,867,687

5,351,124

5,252,053

5,094,160

1 Including bullion and specie.

For year ended March 31.

Trinidad alone, in 1897, exported sugar valued at 537,107Z. ; cocoa, 605,690^.; molasses, 16,991Z. Jamaica exported sugar, 120,959Z. ; rum, 92,053^.; coffee, 165,494Z. Barbados : sugar, 447,430^.; molasses, 86,094^. St. Vincent: sugar, 25,592Z, ; arrowroot, 21,859Z. Grenada: cocoa, 132,642Z.; spice, 13,503Z. St. Lucia: sugar, 59,398^.; cocoa, 17,158Z. Leeward Islands: sugar, 236, 209Z.

In 1897, Jamaica imported cotton goods worth 208, 318Z. ; fisli, 116,240Z. ; flour, 162,378^.; rice, 40,432^. Trinidad imported flour, 1 27, 383^. ; textiles, 309,611?.; rice, 148,777?.; Bahamas: cottons, 39,436?.; flour, 25,417?. Barbados : cottons, 131,562?. ; flour, 57,843?. ; rice, 50,664?. ; fish, 82,457?. ; St. Lucia: cottons, 23,308?. ; flour, 17,756?. St. Vincent: flour, 8,610?. ; Leeward Islands : cottons, 42,828?. ; flour, 47,000?.; Grenada, flour, 23,158?. Total imports into Great Britain from the British West Indies in 1897, according to Board of Trade returns, 1,453,089?. (sugar, 560,288?. in 1896; 338,789?. in 1897 ; rum, 159,155?. ; cocoa, 418,996?.; and dye-woods, 58,194?.

Exports from Great Britain to West Indies in 1897, 1,784,185?. (cottons, 442,531?.; apparel, 197,033?. ; leather and saddlery, 92,487?. ; iron, 132,504?.; manure, 56,257?.; machinery, 48,785?.).

The total tonnage entered and cleared (foreign trade) in 1897 was as follows : —

Grenada. 443,808 Dominica. 407,460 Virgin Islands 11,545 Trinidad. 1,296,902 St. Kitts and \ Tobago. 44,094

Nevis. 491,629 '

Antigua. 445,948 Montserrat. 228,715

Bahamas. 518,217 Barbados. 1,335,962 Jamaica. 1,560,944 Turks Islands 328,374 St. Lucia. 1,780,560 St. Vincent. 248,877

Total (1897) 9,143,035 Total (1896) 8,234,484

Of the total tonnage returned iu 1897, 7,246,859 ; in 1896, 6,517,418 was British-