. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ?2-20 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. July 11, 1908-. Owing to the re-annexatiou of five estates bj- the Goveniinent of St. Lucia, a further area nf 900 acres has ik>w been adrled to the Crown lands of the island. These land* are on sale in lots of 5 acres or upwards, at £1 an acre, payable in four or more instalments. GLEANINGS. The cultivation of camphor trees now extends over an area of 900 acres in Ceylon. The area would be still larger but for the .scarcity of seedling camphor trees. { Sfhiniiiul li- Co.'^ R
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ?2-20 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. July 11, 1908-. Owing to the re-annexatiou of five estates bj- the Goveniinent of St. Lucia, a further area nf 900 acres has ik>w been adrled to the Crown lands of the island. These land* are on sale in lots of 5 acres or upwards, at £1 an acre, payable in four or more instalments. GLEANINGS. The cultivation of camphor trees now extends over an area of 900 acres in Ceylon. The area would be still larger but for the .scarcity of seedling camphor trees. { Sfhiniiiul li- Co.'^ Rrpnrf, A\m\ 1908.) Mr. (ieorge Fraser has been appointed Acting .-Vgri- cultural Instructor at St. Vincent, in place of ^Mr. Thomas Osnient, who has been transferred to the :i|ipointnient of Wanlen of the Leeward Coast of the isjaiul. It is stated in the Di'imTiiiii ('lir'iniflr that the ilce planters of the Corentyne coast of Herbice number over 1,300, and it is estimated that the total number of labourers engaged in rice planting in the colony reaches about 3,600. The re|iort dealing with the work of the ITsine St. !Marie, Miirtiniipie, states that during the season ]90fi-7, this factory handled 44,.^);) tons of cane, for which a price of ^3"1"J i)er ton was jiaid. The canes gave a return of S-40 per cent, of sugar. The J'tjii of'iSiKini (I' mentions that large areas of C'rown lands have of late been taken up in the Na[)a- rima Ward Union district. Since the commencement of the financial, year (April 1 last) 2,000 acres havi' been applied for —an average of over acres per luontli. From the beginning of the season up lo .Inly 2 last, t21,883 tons of sugar and 42,837 puncheons nf molasses jiave been exported from , as compareil with 2-3,7-")2 tons of sugar and .*)4,.")20 (juncheons of molasses, ship|ied dur- ing the corresponding period of 1907. Iteports from Ouiana are to the effect that more attention is being paid t
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