Table 14a


 Sea island cotton: Acreage, by territories, 1939/40 through 1959/60


 Year 1/ Anguilla Antigua Barbados Montserrat Nevis St.Kitts St.Lucia St. Vincent Total

 Acres

1939/40 300 2,645 120 4,596 3,000 1,709 29 5,486 17,885
1940/41 150 4,826 453 5,395 4,000 1,400 40 5,180 21,444
1941/42 225 4,197 1,142 4,467 4,500 1,530 38 4,827 20,926
1942/43 200 851 648 4,005 2,573 1,100 16 3,534 12,927
1943/44 70 988 893 3,074 2,544 342 27 2,473 10,411
1944/45 70 1,129 324 3,770 2,680 1,032 22 2,312 11,339
1945/46 60 1,113 151 2,521 1,688 860 6 3,140 9,539
1946/47 30 498 125 2,659 1,400 956 1,598 7,266
1947/48 60 1,544 137 3,447 2,000 280 48 1,865 9,381
1948/49 100 3,550 722 3,825 3,106 1,169 3,278 15,750
1949/50 60 3,949 386 3,576 1,414 830 3,311 13,526
1950/51 60 4,065 187 3,172 2,184 690 3,002 13,360
1951/52 90 3,906 126 3,583 3,042 535 3,473 14,755
1952/53 60 1,300 207 1,970 3,400 220 2,588 9,745
1953/54 64 2,860 106 2,947 2,640 466 1,628 10,711
1954/55 50 5,239 45 2,508 3,024 467 2,430 13,763
1955/56 60 5,958 40 3,473 1,200 10,731
1956/57 60 3,275 5 1,500 2,034 627 1,512 9,013
1957/58 35 5,111 8 2,185 3,190 883 1,520 12,932
1958/59 30 2,772 6 2,350 2,146 635 2,100 10,039
1959/60 17 2,149 6 1,221 1,854 127 738 6,112

 1/ Greater portion of crop harvested during the second year of the split year.
 Source: Annual Reports of the West Indies Sea Island Cotton Association, Inc.