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Banking is done through Canada and 
London; banks in these places having branches 
in Georgetown and selling exchange on New 
York. English or American money is used. 
Sugar is the great crop here and rum, a by 
product from the sugar cane, the next largest. 
Cattle might be raised extensively. The for 
ests are rich in cabinet woods. Cocoa, rice, 
bananas, rubber and cocoanuts could be more 
extensively grown. There are some gold and 
a few diamond mines in operation. This 
colony could be much more highly developed. 
The business is almost entirely in the hands 
of the British, England selling about 65 per 
cent, of its requirements and the United States 
25 per cent. 
They import bags and sacks, boots and 
shoes, flour, corn meal, coal, drugs and medi 
cines, vegetables, hardware, machinery, 
clothes, textiles, oils, wines and liquors, 
tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. 
Georgetown is the only town to visit, and is 
best reached by either one of the several 
steamers sailing from Trinidad or Barbados.