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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



DacjsMBfiu 13, laia. 



EDITORIAL 



Head Ofpigk 



NOTICES. 



— Barbados 



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 ipecimens for naming, should be addressed to the 

 Commissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados. 



All applications for copies oi the 'Agricultural 

 News' and other Departmental publications, should be 

 addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. 



The complete list of Agents will be found on 

 page 4 of the cover. 



Sir Francis Watts, K.C.M.G.. 

 D.Sc.F.I.C, F.C.S. 



W. R. Dunlop. 



Imperial Commissioner of 

 Agric^Mnre for the West Indies 



8OIENTIFI0 STAFF. 



Scientific Assistant and 



Assistant Editor 



Entomologist H. A. Ballou, M.Sc. 



Mycologist W. Nowell. D.I.C. 



Assistfiut for Cotton Research S. C. Harlaiid, B.Sc.+ 



OLERrOAL STAFF. 



Chief Clerk A. G. Howell. 



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 P. Taylor. 

 K. R. C. Foster. 

 Tyfyist Miss B. Robinson. 



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Auistant for Publicatioru A. B. Price. Fell. Jonrn. Inst. 



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The Late John Oharles Umney. 



The Ferficmery and Essential Oil R^icord, 

 October 1919, records the death of Mr. John Charles 

 Umney, Founder and Editor of that Journal. Mr. 

 Umney may justly be considered as the leader of the 

 British School of Elssential Oil Chemi.sts, a sound 

 scientific, and able commercial man. 



During the last twenty years he has taken 

 a prominent position io public work. For instance, as 

 Chairman he took an important part in negotiations 

 with the inland revenue authorities concerning the 

 law and regulations governing the industrial use of 

 alcohol. 



In January 1910 Mr. Umney founded the 

 Ferfamery and Essential Oil Record, a journal, 

 which by diversity of essential oil and perfumery 

 interests, took and retains a first place in the periodic 

 literature of this class. Besides his contributions to 

 the journal Mr. Umney produced much inipaitant 

 pharmaceutical literature. 



His keenness to extend aromatic and medicinal 

 plant cultivation, especially within the Empire, in 

 suitable climates, was very marked In this connexion 

 we desire to place on record that Mr. Unmey was 

 much interested in the development of essential oil 

 industi'ies, especially bay oil, in the West Indies. 



His expert knowledge and advice were ahv.iys at 

 the disposal of the Imperial Department of Agiiculture 

 with regard to such questions, and were mueh valued. 

 He rendered this Department much assistance from 

 time to time, and his death causes a loss which is 

 deplored, and which will be seriously felt by the De- 

 partment. 



Vol. XVIII. SA TURDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1919. No. 460. 

 NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Oontente of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this issue deals with the production 

 of camphor, and draws attention to the several varie- 

 ties of camphor trees occurring in different countries. 



On page 391 will be found a review of the Report 

 «B two sugar factories in the Leeward Islands during 

 1919. 



Under Plant Diseaaea, on page 398, will be found 

 as article on the Bed King disease of cooo-nut trees. 



Ad article on locuatein Brikinh Uuiuia appears 

 under Insect Kotw on pag« 394k 'I\ere is a.ho the 

 firet part of a suumsfy of entomological infermabion 

 4oring 1918. 



Canada- West Indian Trade. 



Mr. Frank U. Keefer, Parliamentary Undor- 

 •Secretars' of State for External AlTiiirs, Canada, has 

 furnished this Ottice with copies of diagrams showing 

 the volume of trade between Canada and the West 

 Indies, in regard to different products, lor the year 

 1916. 



Th(! total volume of trade between Can;ula and 

 the West Indiis for the years 1918, 1917 and 191tJ was 

 published in the Agricultural Nervs for September 20, 

 1919, at page 297. A notable feature has been the 

 great increase in the exports from Can.ida to the 

 West Indies, particularly to British Cuiana, during 

 1917— l.s. 



In regard to the diagrams referred to above, these 

 show first of all that by far the greatest Canadian 

 import from the West Indies was sug.'ir and raola.sses, 

 that country taking two-thirds of the total West Indian 

 exports (if this product. The next largest Caaadiiin 

 import from the West Indies was chicle gnm, au*] 

 after that cacao. The chief imports into tihe Weet 

 Indies from Canada were breadstuffs and fak. 



It is probable that the«e slatotnents hoJd good 

 appro.Timatcly for the p«Rt year; it w«mW he interest- 

 ing to s«e I. •graphs oonBtructed for this mow recent 

 period. 



