Vol. III. No. 71. 



THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. 



419. 



On the price paid Cuba tlie New York refiner bases his 

 price for all other centrifugal sugar. On tlie New York 

 jirices the Halifax refiner bases his prices for British West 

 Indian sugar. Therefore Halifax is jiaying for British West 

 Indian sugar a figure much below the parity of beet, even 

 after allowing lO.f. per ton for rebate on duties. 



In consenuence of the bounty paid by the United States 

 to Ouban sugars, New York is no longer a profitable market 

 for the sugars of the British West Indies, nor can Canada be, 

 if her prices are based on New York prices. 



Canada buying British West Indian sugar on the i)arity 

 of Cuban sugars in New York, instead of on the parity of 

 beet, is paying less for our sugars than their value to-day in 

 the I'nited Kingdom. 



t)ur muscovados are to-day quoted in Halifax at $3'30 

 per 100 Iti. for 89', but gauged by the price of beet they are 

 worth 83-69 per 100 lb. 



In other words, because our sugars are sold in Canada at 

 a price based on bounty-fed Cuban sugar, instead of on the 

 jirice of beet, we are getting about 35,?. per ton less for our 

 sugar than we slK)uld, or 25s. per ton less, if we deduct the 

 10s. per ton allowed us last year by the refiners as rebate on 

 duties. 



Under these circumstances, before wo .ship our sugar 

 next season blindly to Halifax, it would be well for us to see 

 what the United Kingdom market will do for us, for the 

 price of our sugar in the United Kingdom is largely 

 governed by the price of fi'ee beet, whereas in Canada it is 

 entirely determined by the price of bount3'-fed Cuban sugar. 



In reference to the above, Mr. J. R. Bovell makes 

 the following interesting statement : 'I hope soon to 

 be in a position to say definitely how the price of sugar 

 in Canada compares with New York and Great Britain, 

 as I expect to ship 125 bags of sugar and 4 hogsheads 

 of molasses for a planter to Toronto by the Pickfonl 

 and Black steamer scheduled to leave on December 27. 

 I may also add that from the pro forma sale received 

 from Messrs. W. H. Millman & Sons, to whom I am 

 sending the sugar, it •would appear that the difference 

 in fjivour of sugar shipped to Canada over that sent to 

 New York is considerable. 



The following shows tlie varieties grown 

 number of selections yielded by each : — 



and the 



Seedling Canes in Jamaica 



The following reference to the work of raising 

 seedling canes in Jamaica is made in the Annual RejDort 

 of the Director of Public Gardens : — 



A number of .seeds were gathered at Hope and sown, 

 resulting in 591 plants being set out at a distance of 

 5 feet by 5 feet in April last. When fully grown and rijie, 

 ninety were selected as to agricultural yield and the 

 remainder dug out and destroyed. Of these a final selection 

 of thirty was made, the sixty being cut down to ratoon for 

 another trial before finally discarding them. Twelve tops 

 (six holes) of each of the thirty ha^•e been planted for 

 chemical test next year. 



The question of raising seedlings has now been taken 

 up by estates, and, in the case of Mr. Burgess, with great 

 success so far. Tops of D; 95, Po-a-ole, and White Trans- 

 parent were planted mixed together at Mt. Eagle estate, as 

 advised in the Bulletin for October 1900 ; these flowered 

 together and were presumalily cross-fertilized. The seeds, 

 when ripe, were gathered by a former Hope apprentice, now 

 in Mr. Burgess' enqiloy, and forwarded to Hope, resulting in 

 a batch of over 2,(i00 vigorous seedlings. 



Colonial Candidates. 



Revised regulations have recently been issued b}' 

 the University of London for the holding in the 

 colonies of its examinations for Matriculation and the 

 degrees of B.D., LL.B., and B.Sc. From these we 

 extract the following information with regard to the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science : — 



The first examination to be passed towards the 

 attainment of a degree is that for ^latriculation. Two more 

 e.xaminations must he passed after Matriculation before the 

 student can obtain a Bachelor's degree. The Intermediate 

 examination cannot be taken by a candidate unless he has 

 matriculated not later than the jireceding January, nor can 

 the first degree examination be taken less than three years 

 after matriculation. 



In the Intermediate Examination in Science candidates 

 shall be examined for a pass in any four subjects from the 

 following: (1) Pure ^Mathematics, (2) Applied Mathematics, 

 (3) E.xperimental Physics, (4) Chemistry, (5) Botany, (6)' 

 Zoology, (7) Geology. C)ne at least of the four subjects 

 selected must be taken from among the first three. 



In the final examination candidates for a pass degree 

 shall be examined in any three which may be selected from 

 eleven subjects — which comprise the seven mentioned for the 

 Intermediate, and in addition, Astronomy, Physiology,. 

 Psychology, and Logic and Metliodology. 



In the case of the examinations in science, the- 

 Uuiversity recpiires an assurance that the Colonial Govern- 

 ment will provide Assistant E.xaminers to supervise the 

 practical o-xaminations in adequate laboratories and report 

 thereon to the University Examiners. 



Applications are not received from individual candidates. 

 Any person desiring to be examined at a colonial centre 

 should apply, not to the University of London, but to the 

 GJovernment of the colony wherein he resides, to ascertain 

 ('7) whether any arrangement has already been made for 

 holding an examination in the colony, or, if not, {b) whether 

 the Government will make the necessarj' application to the 

 Senate in order that such arrangement may be made. 



Fidl information relating to degrees will be found in the- 

 University Calciuhtr. which may be obtained (price, 5s. 10(?., 

 post free) on application to — The Financial Secretary,. 

 University of London, South Kensington, London, S.W.,. 

 England. 



