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RefNoMS/527/2/14/16
LevelItem
TitleNotes, conversation with Algernon Aspinall, of the West Indies [Caribbean] Commission.
Date16 January 1917
DescriptionNotes the amount of bananas produced in Jamaica -- that there is a lack of labour there due to low wages compared to Cuba -- that commandeering the banana crop for the UK would 'ruin the island by breaking its American connexion' -- that other crops not produced sufficiently, but that rice production could be profitable if labour were available. Notes that the cocoa crop might be commandeered -- suggests that tonnage be saved by cutting rum imports from Cuba.
Extent2pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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