A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



LIBRA 

 NEWY 



VoL X. N>. 21G. 



BARBADOS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 



PlCICE Id, 



CONTENTS 



Fagk. 



Agricultiiial Training in 



Antigua 311 



Agi-icultuie in the Philip- 

 pine Islnnds 319 



Cac;io Spraying Kxperi- 



inenl.s in Grenada ... 308 



Ceara Rubber Tree, 



Method of Tapping... 311 



Cotton Notes : — 



Contamination of Egypt- 



ianCotton 310 



West Indian Cotton ... 310 



Croj)-:, Water Require- 

 ments of 300 



Ficus Elastica L.itex, Co- 

 agulation of 300 



Fruit-Giowing in (^)ueen.s- 



land ..." 317 



Fungus Notes ; — 



I'.lack Rot of Natal <;'it- 

 rus Fruits 318 



Gleanings 316 



Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture, I'ublica- 

 tions of 312 



Fagk. 



Insect Notes : — 



[nforiii.ttinn Concerning 



The St. Vincent Land Settlement 

 Scheme. 



INHERE has been issued recently, as Colonial 

 ^fifporfc— l\[iscellaneous. No. 77, under the 

 \,tu\e Report on the Administration of the 

 Roads and Land Settlement Fund, St. Vincent, an 

 account of the -St. Vincent Land Settlement Scheme, 

 prepared by Mr. M. Tatham, Private Secretary to the 

 Hon. C. Gideon Murray, Administrator of St. Vincent. 



It will be useful at the present time to give a review 

 of this, with special attention to the details that are 

 of more general interest 



Reference is first made to the critical condition of 

 ihe native population of the island, which existed at the 

 time of the visit of the West India Royal Commission, 

 in 1897. Attempts had already been made to effect 

 settlements of the Crown lands in tiie interior, but had 

 not met with success. The main cause of the prevail- 

 ing distress was tlie decline of the sugar industry, and 

 it was increased by a disastrous hurricane in September 

 189<S, To express the matter shortly, the otitcome of 

 the visit of the Royal Commission was the granting of 

 a sum of £1.5,000 as Imperial aid to the Colony, in 

 1898, and the passing of the Land Settlement Ordin- 

 ance in the following year. 



The most important features of the Ordinance, as 

 they are given in the Report, areas follows: — 



(1) Land acquired by the Government for allot- 



ment in small holdings to be surveyed before 

 allotment is made. 



(2) Certain reserves to be made, such as land 



necessary for townships, roads, public build- 

 ings, forest and stream conservation, etc. 



(:-!) All remaining land to be divided into allot- 

 ments of as nearly as possible five acres each, 

 no allotment to exceed ten acres without ihe 

 approval of the Governor-in-Council. 



(4) In selecting applicants for allotments, priority 

 to be given to those prepared to pay 25 ^er 

 cent, of the value of the lot; the remainder of 

 the purchase money to be paid otf, after an 



