. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 284 THE AGRICULTUIIAL NEWS. SliPTEMBEE 9, 190E. GLEANINGS. T'.'.e Barbados Sdiolarsliiii for 190") has been won by ilr. C. K. Bancroft in natural science. Mr. Bancroft was a student in the science department at Harrison College. By tlie ' Orinoco ' wliicli left I'arbados on August 20, tlie Imperial Department of Agriculture shipped 1,291 bunches of bananas and 7 bales of cotton. During the past year some 10,000 seedling fnrest trees were raised in the nursery at the Botanic Station at Antigua and plante
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 284 THE AGRICULTUIIAL NEWS. SliPTEMBEE 9, 190E. GLEANINGS. T'.'.e Barbados Sdiolarsliiii for 190") has been won by ilr. C. K. Bancroft in natural science. Mr. Bancroft was a student in the science department at Harrison College. By tlie ' Orinoco ' wliicli left I'arbados on August 20, tlie Imperial Department of Agriculture shipped 1,291 bunches of bananas and 7 bales of cotton. During the past year some 10,000 seedling fnrest trees were raised in the nursery at the Botanic Station at Antigua and planted out in the re-afforestation plots outside the station. The of cacao from Martiniijue in 1904 were 701,028 It)., yalued at £17,101, there being a decrease of ;i2, 111. in quantity and of £2,226 in value from the exports of 1903. (Coiifiiliir Report.) The half-yearly report of tlie London and North-western ]!ail\vay Co. states that the directors have decided to recom- mend the proprietors to make a grant of £1,000 to the funds of the British Cotton-growing Association. According to the report of the Local Instructor, the onion crop at Montserrat last .season was 16-5 barrels. The onions were of excellent quality and fetched good prices, viz., •3c. and 4c., in the othe- ? '•'?'? r island, The attendance at the Colonial since the opening day and up to Saturday, August 12, has been 733,671. On Bank Holiday, August 7, 41,078 pensons passed the gates. {IVesf India Committee Cirrti/m:) At the Dominica Botanic Station thei'e is a good demand for seed and plants of Castilloa rubber. In a few years a considerable area under this cultivation should be ready for tapping experiments. The principal exports of Curacoa are divi-divi, .salt, and goat skins. The exports during 1903 of divi-divi (the pods of Caesaljjinia coriaria, used for tanning purposes) were valued at £33,428. These pods are also exported, in small quantities, from some of the British West I
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