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If it is decided to carry out the cultivation experiment with Java 

 seed as suggested in the above report the Imperial Institute will 

 be glad to undertake the examination and valuation of the product. 

 For this purpose a sample of about two pounds of the leaves should 

 be sent so that an exhaustive investigation of the material may be 

 made. In order that the differences between Java 'wrapper' 

 tobacco and the Sumatra ' wrapper' tobacco, as grown in Jamaica, 

 may be appreciated, two sets of samples of cigars wrapped with 

 these two tobaccos are sent with this report. 



Set No. I consists of cigars wrapped with the Sumatra tobacco 

 grown in Jamaica. 



Set No. 2 consists of cigars wrapped with the Java tobacco. 



It will be seen that although the Jamaican Sumatra ' wrapper' 

 is thinner and yields a cigar of good general appearance the Java 

 wrapper is stronger in texture and when burned produces a better 

 aroma and flavour than the former. 



(Sgd.) Wyndham R. Dunstan. 



3rd October, 1905. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on Tuesday 14th November, present : 

 the Hon. H. Clarence Bourne, Colonial Secretary, Chairman, the 

 Director of Public Gardens, the Island Chemist, the Superintending 

 Inspector of Schools, His Grace the Archbishop, Messrs. C. A. T. 

 Fursdon, C. E. deMercado, J. W. Middleton, Geo. D. Murray and 

 the Secretary, John Barclay. 



Mr. Murray asked, as a matter arising out of the minutes, if 

 sugar planters would be permitted to see the operations in con- 

 nection with the manufacture of High Ether Rum at Hampden 

 Estate. 



The Chemist said no one could do so without the permission of 

 the proprietor, but he had no doubt the proprietor would give this 

 permission, if he were asked. 



Mr. Murray said he would like, however, to have it arranged so 

 that there would be no mistake about this permission being 

 granted. 



The Secretary was instructed to write Mr. D. O'Kelly Lawson 

 to say that the Board assumed there would be no objections to 

 any sugar planters seeing the new system at work if they came 

 with a letter from the Chairman of the Board. 



The Secretary read the following letters from the Colonial 

 Secretary. 



I. Enclosing copy of minute received through the Secretary 

 of State for the Colonies from Mr. Sydney Olivier relative 

 to the action taken by the latter with reference to the 

 Locked Still Experiment. 



