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the order named with $5,300,000, $1,300,000,
and $340,000 respectively to their credit.
Jamaica has no preferential tariff with the
United Kingdom and will not have so long
as the United States continues to be her best
customer.
Barbados’ area of 166 square miles is the
most densely populated piece of land in the
world, with 200,000 inhabitants. It imported
$6,500,000 worth of goods in 1913 and ex
ported $2,600,000. It is a great coaling sta
tion for ocean vessels, its trade in this line alone
amounting to $2,400,000 last year.
The United States took $330,000 of its pro
duction in 1913 and sold it goods to the extent
of $1,850,000. England controls most of its
trade. Its chief articles of export are sugar,
rum and molasses.
The following table shows the imports and
exports of the chief of the remaining islands:
Islands Imports
St. Kitts and Nevis $1,250,000
Antigua 830,000
Dominica 720,000
Montserrat 150,000
Exports
$ 950,000
850,000
735,000
180,000