A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THK 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



NEW 



BOTAO 



HAUL 



Vol. IX. Xo. 214. 



BARBADOS, JULY 9, 1910. 



Prick Id. 



Thei Cana'lian Exhibitions, 1910. 



S is well known, exhibitions to be held in 

 \ ji t.he Dominion of Canada, this year, in which 

 r^H^^ the West Indies are interested, will take 

 place at Toronto, and St. John, New Brunswick. The 

 former of these opens on August 27, and closes on Sep- 

 tember 9: that at St. John lasts from September 5 to 

 15, 1910. 



During the past few years, special efforts have 

 been made in order to give the West Indies adequate 



representation at the Canadian Exhibition.^. These 

 efforts are being continued, and in some cases 

 augmented, this year, as there is a general recog- 

 nition of the fact that the work of the past 

 will be undone, to a great extent, unless particular 

 energy is put forward, not only in order to keep the 

 representation of the West Indies up to its former 

 standard, but to effect an improvement on it. This 

 is not the only argument, however, for careful, well con- 

 sidered and thorough work, on the part of Permanent 

 Exhibition Committees. It is evident that the hold- 

 ing of the recent Royal Commission on Trade Rela- 

 tions between Canada and the West Indies makes it 

 a matter of groat importance that the West Indies 

 should do as much as possible to show how their 

 resources can be developed, and that they are willing 

 to effect what they can toward improving those rela- 

 tions, in every way. 



The second of the two exhibitions, in the order 

 mentioned above, is what is known as the Dominion 

 Exhibition. It is national in character, being sup- 

 ported by means of a large grant from the Dominion 

 Government every year; and it is held in different 

 towns, from time to time, in accordance with the idea 

 of its being a possession of the people of Canada. 



Representations at both of these exhibitions, by 

 means of one exhibit is not feasible, owing to the dates 

 on which they are to be held — the Dominion Exhibition 

 opens five days before the closing of the one at Toronto. 

 This has made it necessary, where it has been decided 

 to show at both exhibitions, to make arrangements for 

 the preparation of exhibits in duplicate. The adoption 

 of this policy would seem to be preferable to the one 

 by which only one set of exhibits is to be forwarded, 



