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1900 HANDBOOK OF JAMAICA

BANANA AND COCOA CULTIVATION IN JAMAICA

1898-1899

(50 acres or more are listed in the book. Many small settlers grew coffee, but the book just references total acreage for small settlers in each parish.)

Name of Estate, Owner (Attorney of Owner in Parenthesis)

ST. THOMAS

Amity Hall and Hordley – Jamaica Co. (Hon. Dr. John. Pringle, C.M.G.)

Bachelors Hall – Mrs. A. C. Neyland (W. C. Groves)

Cambridge and Clifton Hall – A. C. James

Creighton Hall – J. H. Cox & Bro.

Golden Grove and Wheelersfield – Boston Fruit Co. (L. D. Baker)

Harbour Head – S. F. Noyes

Morant – W. Creighton

Middleton – W. F. Harrison (H. Cork)

Phillipsfield – Boston Fruit Co.

Potosi – Potosi Estate Co. (Henry Steer)

Pleasant Hill and Unity – A. C. Neyland (W. C. Groves)

Plantain Garden and River – Boston Fruit Co. (James Dougall)

Rhine – Hon. S. C. Burke (Boston Frt. Co., Lessees)

Stanton – I. J. Mordecai & Co.

Stokesfield – S. F. Noyes

Springfield – Boston Fruit Co.(R. B. Hopkins)

Winchester – Jamaica Co. (Hon. Dr. John. Pringle, C.M.G.)

PORTLAND

Big Spring Garden – L. D. Baker (Wm. Watson)

Boston, Bound Brook, Elysium, Fellowship, Golden Vale, Hermitage, Kildare, Paradise, Prospect, Red Hazel, Seaman’s Valley, Stanton, Tom’s Hope, Unity Valley, Windsor – Boston Fruit Co., (Wm. Watson)

Buff Bay River – R. L. Benbow

Burlington and Greenvale – Henry Cork

Caenwood – J. A. Small

Hart Hill 1 – Henry A. Bolton

Hart Hill 2 – A. J. Henriques

Hector’s River – Hon. E. C. Hall, Comdr., R.N.

Hope – M. C. Wallace

Lennox – J. O. Mason

Little Spring Garden – Thos. F. Thompson

Low Layton 1 – Jas. Broughton

Low Layton 2 – Chas. D’Aubigny

Mid Layton – J. O. Mason

Mt. Vernon – G. H. Moodie

Orange Vale – Herbert Walsh

Shrewsbury – D. Sanftleben

Snow Hill – P.A. Moodie

Terra Nova – J. Sweeting

Union – Joseph Afflick

White River – Benj. Crossley

Windsor Castle – A. DaCosta

ST. MARY

Agualta Vale, Brimmer Hall, Chovy, Ellis’ Estates, Fort Stewart, Hopewell, Koningsburg, Orange Hill, Tremolesworth, Trinity – Hon. Jno. Pringle, C. M. G. (James G. Cohen)

Berry Hill – Hans Olofsen

Ballards Valley – Chas. L. Walker

Charlottenburg – W. H. Westmorland

Claremont – Henry Constantine, Robt. L. Constantine, R. A. Morris, Edward Dyer

Cove – Jose A. Benjamin

Crawle – David Priest

Crescent – Leo Geo. Silvera, Robt. A. Silvera, Est. of Geo. Silvera

Cromwell – Susan E. Prendergast

Dover – S. Supersangsing

Eden Park – Jno. H. Philpotts

Esher – H. S. Westmorland

Fontabelle – Harriett D. Simmonds and Edward Campbell(Robt. P. Simmonds)

Fort George – Aug. F. G. Ellis

Frontier – Est. of D. R. Clemetson (Robt. P. Simmonds and Jno. B. Goffe)

Gray’s Inn – T. Elmslie (Henry Braham)

Greenwood – F. D. Marshall

Gibraltar – M. E. Westmorland

Golden Grove – E. E. C. Hossack

Harmony Hall – John Wile and Susan E. Prendergast

Heywood Hall and Llanrumney – J. E. Kerr & Co.

Iter Boreal – J. L. Hossack

Langley , Moore Hall and Wentworth – Boston Fruit Co.

Langley No. 1 – A. J. Johnson

Langley No. 2 – M. E. Johnson

Lambkin Hill and Russell Hall – A. E. Silvera

Nonsuch – Susan E. Prendergast, Hon. Jno. Pringle, C.M.G., Henry J. Rudolph (James G. Cohen

New Ramble – Leo Geo. Silvera

Oxford and Rosyln– C. H. C. and C. C. F. M. Goffe

Osborne – Richard L. Benbow

Pemberton Valley and Quebec – Harriet D. Simmonds (R. P. Simmonds)

Preston – R. M. Cocking

Richmond – H. B. Walcott

Sherness – Alfred N. Dixon

Spring Valley – E. M. Mais, Lessee and G. H. Powell

Tryall – A. R. DaCosta

Union Hill – Est. A. B. Clemetson

Warwick Castle – John T. Marsh and R. T. Rigg

Water Valley – Est. of Jas. Broughton (J. H. Scarlett)

White Hall – Charles L. Walker

ST. ANN

Content – Dr. J. L. Cox

Malvern Park – Edward Pratt

New Ground – A. N. Dixon

CLARENDON

Low Ground – Lord Dudley (Horace C. Munn)

Mount Industry – Est. of Jas. L. Hibbert (Hon. R. B. Braham)

North Hall – David Girvan, Herbert D’Aguilar, Ann Saunders (David Girvan and Emile D’A. Saunders)

Suttons – Col. W. G. Dawkins (Sidney Moxsy, lessee)

Whitney – Lord Dudley (Hon. J. P. Clarke)

ST. CATHERINE

Blair Pen – R. L. Rivett

Bodons – John Breary

Cambrians – F. Cohen

Cedar Grove, Pt. of Cow Park, Pt. of Cottage, Great Salt Pond, Hayfield – Boston Fruit Co.

Charlemont – Hon. Geo. McGrath

Clifton and Goshen – Chas. Fulford

Pt. of Congreve Park – Easton Muirhead

Cooksons, Mt. Pleasant, Phoenix Park and Woodlands – W. R. Turner

Pt. of Cow Park – Henry McGilchrist

Craigallichie – Bishop C. Gordon

Dove Hall – J. Mills

Eltham Park – Thos. H. Sharpe

Pt. of Farm – Lord Carrington (Hon. S. C. Burke, M. L.C.)

Grange – Henry Cork

Guinep – Louis Verley

Halfway Tree Pen – R. Hotchkin

Hartlands – Hartlands Co., Ltd.

Hawkers Hall – J. C. Lescesne

New Hall – P. H. Bather

New Works – F. W. Aris

Parsons Pen – Hon. James Allwood

Pt. of Reid’s Pen – J. E. Kerr & Co. and F. B. Kennedy

Pt. of Reid’s Pen – Reid’s Pen Syndicate

Rio Magno – Henry J. Rudolf

Riversdale – A. McIntosh

Pt. of Rodons – Robert Hay

Tamarinds, Watson Grove – Boston Fruit Co.

Tulloch – John McPhail

Twickenham Park – E. M. Davis

Worthy Park – Hon. J. V. Calder


JAMAICA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

No 3, Kingston Street, Kingston, Jamaica

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

His Excellency Sir A. W. L. Hemming, K.C.M.G., President

The Hon. J. T. Palache, M.L.C., Mandeville, Vice-President

T. H. Sharp, Esq., Spanish Town, Vice President

The Hon. C. J. Ward, C. M. G., Kingston, Vice-President

The Hon. J. Pringle, Annotto Bay, Vice-President

STAFF

Douet, George A., Secretary

Barclay, John – Assistant Secretary

ELECTED

Baker, Capt. – Port Antonio

Campbell, D. Esq. – Linstead

Fursdon, C. A.T., Esq. – Up-Park Camp

Cork, H. Esq. – St. Margaret’s Bay

Roxburgh, A., Esq. – Walker’s Wood

Bather, F. G., Esq. – Linstead

McGrath, The Hon. G. – Ewarton

Clark, The Hon. J. P. – Shooter’s Hill

Ronaldson, H. T., Esq. – Milk River

Murray, G. F., Esq. – Hayes

Wynne, W. W., Esq. – Old England

Gossett, B. S., Esq. – Hagley Gap

Clarke, A. F., Esq. – Shooter’s Hill

NOMINATED

Archbishop of the West Indies

Bishop Gordon – Kingston

Allwood, The Hon. J. – Collector-General

Cox, H. E., Esq. – Claremont

Fawcett, W., Esq. – Director Public Gardens

Cork, P. C., Esq. – Asst. Colonial Secretary

Nash, G., Esq. – Mandeville

Robertson, R. H., Esq. – Ramble

Shore, J., Esq. – Little River

Watts, F., Esq. – Kingston

Duerden, J., Esq. – Kingston

Calder, J. V., Esq. – Malvern

Walcott, R. A., Esq. – Kingston

Bertram, L. J., Esq. – Kingston


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