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“... 2,303,200), which occupies 9,242 I
square miles at the western end, and Santo Domingo I
(population 897,425), which owns the remainder, or I
20,596 square miles.
INDUSTRIES. In Haiti sugar, tobacco, coffee, and cacao I
are cultivated, and the island is supposed to possess valuable ]
deposits of coal, copper, and other minerals. Sugar is ex- I
tensively cultivated in Santo Domingo, and tobacco, coffee, I
bananas, and cacao are also exported, together with mahogany, I
lignum vitae, cedar, and satin-wood. No attempt has as yet I
been made to develop the deposits of iron, gold, copper, and I
salt which are known to exist. The island has much savannah I
country suitable for cattle, but very little use has so far been I
made of it. The trade of Haiti and Santo Domingo is mainly I
with the United States, which supply 60 per cent, of the total I
imports of both republics.
In 1907 a treaty with the United States was ratified, under ]
which the latter country now collects the Customs duties, and...”
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