. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 236 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 23, GLEANINGS. A leaflet issued by the Department of Agriculture of Eastern Bengal and Assam, dated May 12, 1910, shows that the average wholesale price of rice in that part of India has fallen by about 19 and 29 per cent., as compared with the prices prevailing at the end of April, in 1909 and 1908, respectively. Ordinance No. 1 of 1910, Dominica, been published recently. This is known as the Dominica Forests Limited Acquisition of Lands Ordinance, 1910, and its object i
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 236 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 23, GLEANINGS. A leaflet issued by the Department of Agriculture of Eastern Bengal and Assam, dated May 12, 1910, shows that the average wholesale price of rice in that part of India has fallen by about 19 and 29 per cent., as compared with the prices prevailing at the end of April, in 1909 and 1908, respectively. Ordinance No. 1 of 1910, Dominica, been published recently. This is known as the Dominica Forests Limited Acquisition of Lands Ordinance, 1910, and its object is to empower the Limited Liability Company called 'Dominica Forests Limited' to acquire land for the purposes of its under- taking. A report by the Acting Registrar of Imports and Exports at Singapore shows that the exports of Para rubber from the Straits Settlements in 1909, amounted to 4,504, lb. as against 3,659,906 fl)., in 1908. By far the greatest propor- tion of this rubber went to the United Kingdom, the amounts being 3,860,459 Bo. and 3,004,883 B). The quantity of linters produced in the United States from re-ginning cotton seed of the crop of 1909 amounted to 313,478 bales, as compared with 114,544 bales from that of 1899. Much of this fibre was disposed of at less than Ic. per lb. during 1907-8, but it has been in greater demand this season, the average price returned for it being 3'2c. per B). {Sugar Planters' Journal, .June 18, 1910.) In the Botanical Magazine for .June, one of the plants. Agave Franxosini, which has been introduced into some of the West Indian Botanic Stations during recent years, is described. From the information given, it appears that this plant, which is a native of Mexico or Central America, when it reaches the flowering stage, produces an inflorescence which grows to nearly 40 feet, and is in the form of a panicle, having a diameter of about 10 feet. According to the Diplomatic and Consular Reports, No. 4,450, Annual Series, the quantit
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