Fourth: A direct steamship service to Canada was established. The service between Jamaica and England was improved and regular steamer communication between the islands was provided.
It was stipulated that the cost of building and maintaining the experiment stations was to be borne by the home government until the results obtained justified their being supported by the colonies. In addition, a grant of money was authorized by Parliament to take care of the pressing needs of the planters during the year before the Brussels convention became effective.
With improved steamship facilities between Jamaica and the mother country, the volume of the trade in fresh fruit was greatly increased.
Photo by H. H. Cousins
MORELANDS SUGAR MILL, VERE, JAMAICA
THE FLEET, MORELANDS, VERE, JAMAICA
In 1907 the value of the fruit shipments in pounds sterling was as follows: