TOWN OF BELIZE
FOUNDED BY BUCCANEER Belize, the capital of the only British possession in Central America, British Honduras, has a population of some 12,000. The town was founded by a Scottish,lmccaneer named Wallis, in 1638, and the name is derived from the French Balise, "a beacon," from the fact that a signal of light was raised there for the guidance of buccaneers who once infested the region. The town is well laid out with several modern public buildings, the residences being generally built of wood with high roofs and wide verandahs shaded by coconut or cabbage palms. The exports comprise tropical produce, chief of which are bananas and chicle, the latter being the foundation of chewing gum, America drawing the majority of her supplies of that article from British Honduras. The population comprises a handful of whites and a comparatively few native Indians, most of the inhabitants being descendants of negro slaves.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 18, 14 September 1931, Page 3
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153TOWN OF BELIZE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 18, 14 September 1931, Page 3
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