. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. 240. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. THE BRITISH COTTON GROWING ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNMENT GRANT. In the Agricultural News for May 27, 1911, p. 16G, a review was given of the Sixth Annual Report of the British Cotton Growing Association, 1910, in which there appeared the following paragraph: — ' Reference is made to the promise of His Majesty's Government, in 1909, to effect a grant-in-aid of £10,000 per annum, for a period of three years, to assist in the pioneering and missionary work of the Associati
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. 240. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. THE BRITISH COTTON GROWING ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNMENT GRANT. In the Agricultural News for May 27, 1911, p. 16G, a review was given of the Sixth Annual Report of the British Cotton Growing Association, 1910, in which there appeared the following paragraph: — ' Reference is made to the promise of His Majesty's Government, in 1909, to effect a grant-in-aid of £10,000 per annum, for a period of three years, to assist in the pioneering and missionary work of the Association, on condition that the latter should raise additional capital to the amount of £150,000, and estaliiish and maintain seven pioneer ginning and l)uying stations in West and East Africa, at the same time supiilying, free of charge, seed for sowing. It is now known that the attempt to raise the capital required has failed, so that other arrangements may have to be made in relation to the matter.' The statement in the last sentence of this paragraph was based on a public telegram, dated London, April 27, which was as follows:— ' The British Cotton Growing Association has announced its failure to raise funds in Lancashire, upon which the Government grant and Colonial culture are dependent.' In consequence of what is stated in this telegram, the Commissioner of Agriculture addressed a letter to Mr. .1. A. Hutton, Chairman of the Cotton Growing Association, requesting further information in connexion with the matter. In reply, Mr. Hutton writes, drawing attention to a state- ment on p. 8 of the report mentioned above, which shows that the Association has fulfilled the conditions attached to the Government grant of £10,000 per annum, namely, that additional capital to the amount of £1-50,000 .should be raised. The confusion seems to have arisen from the statement, in the same paragraph of the report, to the effect that the balance of the £500,000 required for the w
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