Excerpt from The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 8: History of Central America; 1801-1887
Early Agriculture - Protection of the Industry - Great Progress Attained - Communal Lands - Agricultural Wealth - Decay of Cochineal Development of Other Staples - Indigo, Coffee, Sugar, Cacao, and Tobacco - Food and Other Products - Precious Woods and Medicinal Plants - Live-stock - Value of Annual Production in Each State Natural Products of Panama - Neglect ‘of Agriculture - Mineral Wealth - Yield of Precious Metals - Mining in Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua - Deposits of Guatemala and Costa Rica - Mints Former Yield of Panama - Mining Neglected on the Isthmus - In cipiency of Manufactures - Products for Domestic Use.
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