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“...ST. LUCIA
191
Year. Revenue. Eto”di‘ Imports. Exports.
General. Bunker Coal. Total. ’ HI
1900 1901- 2 1902- 3 1903- 4 i9<>4-5 1905-6 £ 72,108 67.365 72.193 66,009 69,272 61,877 £ 64.75° 67,486 69,408 70,692 65,508 62,521 £ 4°3.597 302,652 326,324 351,086 370,706 285,986 £ 104,881 77.871 73.458 105,983 101,449 109,027 £ 124,555 110,196 84,295 63,506 70,581 102,626 £ 229,436 ' 188,067 j 157.753 169,489 1 172,030 1 211,653
as
The principal exports in the year 1905-6 were
follows:—
Value.
Sugar . . • • £45.163
Cocoa.......................38,041
St. Lucia is damp, and therefore less healthy climate,
for Europeans than some of the neighbouring
colonies. The temperature varies from 59° Fahr.
to 95° Fahr., the coolest month being February,
and the hottest July. The rainfall is between
80 and 100 inches per annum. The death rate
is 20 per thousand.
St. Lucia derives its name from the fact that it History,
was discovered on St. Lucy’s Day, 13th December
1502. Its possession was a constant...”
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