In 1841 there were 6,910 acres planted with cacao.

This was a clearing in flat and rather swampy forest, about twenty acres in extent, and mostly planted with cacao and tobacco.

It was surrounded by a clearing of about a hundred acres in extent; planted with cacao trees, pepper, and many kinds of vegetables.

In 1867 there were in Montserrat 400 squatters, holding lands of from 3 to 120 acres, planted with cacao, coffee, or provisions.