. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ' Vor,. VII. Xo. 166. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ;. Till X ID AD : AXXUAL REPORT OX Till-: nOTAXICAL DEl'ARTMEXT, VK>7-S. By .J. H. }Jaii, , >Sui«rintendeiit. Mr. Hart's report gives a record of the work doiif during the year at the )eriiiieiital Station, St. Clair : the Hotaiiir Station, Tobago : liiver estate, and at (lovcrnnieut llcmse Gardens. The total expenditure for the year on the Depart im-nt was £.5,521 I'Ik. bhl The large sum .jf £l\4()S 5^/., however, was realized by the sale of p
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ' Vor,. VII. Xo. 166. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ;. Till X ID AD : AXXUAL REPORT OX Till-: nOTAXICAL DEl'ARTMEXT, VK>7-S. By .J. H. }Jaii, , >Sui«rintendeiit. Mr. Hart's report gives a record of the work doiif during the year at the )eriiiieiital Station, St. Clair : the Hotaiiir Station, Tobago : liiver estate, and at (lovcrnnieut llcmse Gardens. The total expenditure for the year on the Depart im-nt was £.5,521 I'Ik. bhl The large sum .jf £l\4()S 5^/., however, was realized by the sale of produce, seeds and plants. By far the chief source of revenue was the cacao sold from the Government plantation, Biver estate, which yielded £2,041 'ild. It will be .seen, therefore, that the net cost of the I'epartnient was £3,053 During the year a total of ?t2,"f>9 plants were dislri- buted from the St. Clair nurseries, which is considerably less than that of last year. The number of cacao plants sent out was 11,()14 : rubber plants were distributed to the number of 10,960, while the cane cuttings sent from the station were 8,560. In addition about seeds were also clistributed. The plants in stock at tlie end of the year numbered 180,().S(). Experiments in the cultivation of tobacco, , sugar ?cane, rubbers, fibre , cotton, and cacao were continue(l during the year at St. Clair. Special attention has been paid to citrus fruits, and an interesting acquisition to the gardens to wiiicli reference is made in the report is a .seedless poinelow. It is mentioned that there has been a .smaller demand for rubber [ilants during the i)ast year than in 190(!-7, and this is proliably accounted for by the fall in the price of rubber that has taken place. The rubbers at the Station include three species of llemn, Fiuitiuiiin. ilnstim, ami £^. Atrirami, Cnxtillod daslica, Lnndolpkfi Kirhii, Mniiilint Gla'loi'ii, and Oiloiifadenin Speciosn. The las
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