Oranges, and to a lesser extent grapefruit, have been exported from Jamaica for many years but to an extent considerably under the potentialities of production of the country. In order that the Colony may derive full benefit from natural conditions definitely propitious to the growth of these crops, as well as from the possibilities afforded by an exceptionally advantageous geographical position with regard to world markets and trade routes, the Department of Agriculture is at present organising and developing production of citrus fruits for export on a much larger scale.