CENTRAL AMERICA AND WEST INDIES.
Central America is an irregular mass of land in southern part of North America, and lies about midway between the two great continental masses of the New World. It includes the republics of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, together with British Honduras.
The West Indies, an extensive system of islands lying southeast of North America, contain the large islands of Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica and Porto Rico, and are arranged mostly in three groups; viz., Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas.
| Area, Sq. Miles | Pop. | Capital. | Pop. | ||||
| British Honduras | 7,562 | 27,452 | Belize | 5,767 | |||
| Costa Rica | 26,040 | 190,000 | San Jose | 20,000 | |||
| Guatemala | 41,830 | 1,278,311 | New Guatemala | 55,728 | |||
| Honduras | 39,600 | 458,000 | Tegucigalpa | 12,000 | |||
| Nicaragua | 49,500 | 400,000 | Managua | 12,000 | |||
| San Salvador | 7,225 | 554,785 | San Salvador | 18,500 | |||
| Cuba | 43,220 | 1,521,684 | Havana | 25,000 | |||
| 10,204 | 572,000 | Port-au-Prince | 35,000 | |||
| 18,045 | 400,000 | San Domingo | 10,000 | ||||
| Jamaica | 4,362 | 585,536 | Kingston | 38,566 | |||
| Porto Rico | 3,550 | 754,313 | San Juan | 27,000 |
| Statement of Exports and Imports at Belize for the year ending Dec. 31, 1882. | |||
| EXPORTS. | IMPORTS. | ||
| Bananas | $10,980 | Boots and Shoes | $13,918 |
| Cocoanuts | 25,132 | Butter | 14,783 |
| Sarsaparilla | 14,278 | Cotton Goods | 190,436 |
| Logwood | 306,072 | Beef and Pork | 59,405 |
| Mahogany | 215,807 | Hardware and Cutlery | 38,234 |
| Rubber | 18,064 | Flour | 71,200 |
| Raw Sugar | 218,913 | Fancy Goods | 24,844 |
| Exports of Cuba, 1882-83. | |||
| Baracoa—1883. | |||
| Cocoanuts, hundreds | 9,083,305 | ||
| Bananas, bunches, hundred | 628,916 | ||
| Value | $671,925 | ||
| Cocoanut Oil | 98,930 | ||
| Santa Cruz—1882. | Sagua and Cardenas—1882. | ||
| Mah'any and cedar logs | $166,577 | Sugar | $17,484,884 |
| Palm Leaf | 8,453 | Molasses | 3,941,522 |
| Mahogany Crutches | 1,490 | Melada | 262,233 |
| Exports of Porto Rico, 1882-83 | |||
| Mayaguez—1883. | Aquadilla and Arecibo—1882. | ||
| Sugar | $1,141,784 | Sugar | $1,409,972 |
| Coffee | 1,566,327 | Coffee | 567,073 |
| Molasses | 326,690 | Tobacco | 104,173 |
| Exports of Hayti, 1883. | |||
| Coffee | $57,341,162 | Orange Peels | $459,917 |
| Logwood | 264,135,490 | Crude Sugar | 561,479 |
| Cocoa | 2,735,555 | Mahogany | 245,999 |
| Cotton | 1,619,891 | Lignum-vitæ | 1,062,000 |
| Exports of Jamaica, 1881-82. | |||
| Sugar | 38,392 hhds. | Oranges | $163,928 |
| Rum | 22,742 puncheons | Coffee | 649,848 |
| Bananas | $481,838 | Dye-woods | 501,415 |
