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THE AGRICULTURAL XEWS. 



Octobee 23, 1915. 



EDITORIAL 



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Assistant Editor 

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Vol. XIV. SATURDAY, OCTOBEB 23, 1915. No. 352. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number deals with various 

 aspects of the subjecl ofsoil ventilation: 'Air. as well 

 as water, is required 1>\ the roots of plants'. 



Under the general beading of Fruit Products will 

 be found a suggestiyi i the making of fiuit 



i>nl|>. Another gives valuable information concerning 



papain 



Notes on coco-nut selection, vanilla experiments 

 and tlic smoking of thi mango appi ar in I j 



[nsecl Notes contain original observations on 



bs ol Limi • in Si. \ i i I ' sjus Notes 



concern the spraying of ground nuts bserrat. 



Lime Cultivation in British Guiana. 



The privati se shown iti the cultival f 



limes has not bi en inconsiderable in British < fuiana, and 

 the appearan 3 of articles on 1 1 ical 



he subji -'i hi 1 he Ji u rnal of (hi Hoard of 

 Agricu.lt a i- 1 of 'ii\ would appear to indie 



hat the < lovermi inxious to em 



as much as p Ihe first ol the articles, which 



liave been prepared 1>\ Prof or Harrison and Mr. 

 ( '. K. Bancroft deals with the botany of the plant, its 

 soil and climatic requirements, the preparation of the 

 ■I- planting, inter-cultivation and pruning, 

 and embodies sound information thai will prove 

 useful ic such planters as are unacquainted with recent 

 literature connected with Dominica and St. Lucia, 

 which has hern freelj drawn upon by the authors 

 Some of the information, howevi r, is of local application, 



and is thirl relatively new. Lime growers in 



Dominica and St. Lucia may be interested, for instam 

 to read the writers views as to cultivation and manur- 

 The time of planting and the trees used as 

 wind-breaks arc also, as one would expect, peculiar 

 to the conditions ofBiitish Guiana. 



Export Tax on Sugar in Antigua. 



We learn fr the Antigua Sun for October 9, 



that at a meeting of the Legislative Council held 

 recently in that Colony, His Excellencj the Govi 

 Sir H. Hesketh Bell, deli ered an address on the 

 financial needs of the Presidency consequent on the 

 War. which has caused a serious shrinkage in the 

 import trade and in the Government revenue, but on 

 the other hand, has largely increased the value of the 

 principal exports. Additional revenue was nee, 

 and ii was pointed out thai the only source from 

 which revenue could be obtained was to be found in 

 the imposition of a tax en sugar and molasses. This 

 impost will assume the character ofa special war tax, 

 which His Excellency proposed should affect the crop 

 that will be reaped during 1916 only. The sum 

 desired to be raised was an amounl nol less than 

 Cti.oOO and it was recommended that the following 

 exporl taxes should be levied from January to 

 D mber 31, 1916: viz. on crystal sugar 8s. hd. per 

 ton, on muscovado 4s. 2d. per ton, on crystal molasses 



Ls. 3d. per puncheon, and mscovado molasses 2s. lei. 



per puueheon. This was unanimously agreed to, and 

 a Bill entitled 'An Ordinance for the imposition of 

 a Duty on the Exports of Sugar and Molasses' as 

 mentioned, was subsequently passed through all its 

 stagi - 



Other colonies such as British Guiana, Barbados, 

 and St. Lucia have fell the necessit) ofimpos ag export 

 duties ef different amounts upon sugar al this ci 

 inn This course is held to be « irranted bj th 

 that the price of sugar ha- increased in a marked 



1- th tcorae of the War: these taxes are 



1 herefon l<-\ ied upon increments in values. 



