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YIELD PER ACRE IN 1 90 5. 



" The general yield of the cacao plot in the Botanic Station has 

 been very satisfactory, even on the portion receiving no manure ; 

 from the work now carried on it is evident that proper care and 

 manuring can be relied upon to give substantial increases in yield. 

 These experiments therefore appear to possess a considerable 

 amount of interest and value for Dominica cacao planters as 

 indicating the lines upon which they should carry on their work 

 from the earliest stages. 



THE TOBACCOS OF JAMAICA, V.f 



Report on a sample of Tobacco from Jamaica, by Professor 

 Wyndham R. DUNSTAN, M.A., F.R.S., Director. 



Imperial Institute, 



South Kensington, London, S.W. 



This sample of tobacco was sent to the Imperial Institute by the 

 Director of the Department of Public Gardens and Plantations of 

 Jamaica and was referred to in a letter (No. 8083) dated the 9th 

 June, 1905, which gave the following information regarding the 

 sample. 



"I send by this mail sample of tobacco, grown under shade- 

 " cloth, from Sumatra seed, during the past season. Only one 



* Taking manures at the following prices locally; basic phosphate, 5/6 per cwt. : sul- 

 phate of potash, 15/6 per cwt.; and dried blood, 9/ per cwt. and assuming that so large 

 a sum as £3 a year be spent on mulching, an estimate which appears very liberal, 



fFor previous papers on Tobaccos see Bulletin for April, May and October, 1902, 

 September and December, 1904, and June, July and August, 1905. 



