. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 124 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai-KiL 12. 1913. >**'. GLEANINGS. The Leeward Islands Government Gazette for March 13, 1913, contiiiiis a draft of a Bill which is designed to regulate the imiHirtiition into, and the storage and disposal of, opium, morphine, cocaine, and similar drugs in the Presidency of Antigua. The British Government propose to introduce a Bill which will authorize the Treasury to guarantee payment of interest on a loan to be raised by the Government of the Sudan to the extent of three millions, fo
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 124 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai-KiL 12. 1913. >**'. GLEANINGS. The Leeward Islands Government Gazette for March 13, 1913, contiiiiis a draft of a Bill which is designed to regulate the imiHirtiition into, and the storage and disposal of, opium, morphine, cocaine, and similar drugs in the Presidency of Antigua. The British Government propose to introduce a Bill which will authorize the Treasury to guarantee payment of interest on a loan to be raised by the Government of the Sudan to the extent of three millions, for the purpose of developing the Egyptian cotton industry. The Antigua Sun for March 11, 1913, contains an account of the first meeting of the Antigua Horticultural Society. Preliminary matters of organization were discussed at this meeting and expressions made of the benefits that are likely to accrue from the establishment of the society. According to The JSoard of Trade Journal for March 6, ltil3, a suitable opening exists for the cultivation of rubber in the Kasai district of the Congo. The most fertile land lies along the banks of the rivers, and may be purchased from the State at the minimum price of £40 per hectare (about £1G per acre). The output of sugar from Barbados during the past three years has been as follows: 1909, 40,375 hogsheads; 1910, .59,771 hogsheads; 1911, 54,411 hogsheads. The crop was therefore appreciably less than that for the prev- ious year but still greatly in excess of that for 1909. (From ?(Jolonia' Reports, Annual, No. 748.) A resolution was ^ly carried at a recent iiieeling of the Antigua Agricultural and Commercial Society regarding the necessity for taking steps towards preserving txisting trees in the island, and increasing the area under timber, both for the of conserving water-supply and for providing adequate supplies of timber as reipiiroil. An account is given in the Journal of tin Roy d Hoelety or'Alts (March 7, 191
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