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deeply interested in, and has had some experience of the diffi- 

 culties of the establishment of, Agricultural Secondary Schools in 

 the Tropics, I am satisfied that the results of the examination fully 

 justify the effort made in Jamaica. 



J. P. DEALBUQUERQUE, M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S., 

 Island Professor of Chemistry and 

 Agricultural Science, Barbados, 



Examiner. 



CARAVONICA COTTON. 



Seeds of the Caravonica Cotton were obtained from Dr. Tho- 

 matis, Australia, and distributed, — a few being sown at Hope 

 Gardens. 



Samples of both varieties were sent to Mr. E. L. Oliver for 

 opinion as to value, and he has very kindly sent the following 

 letter regarding them : — 



Liverpool, 19th February, 1 907. 

 E. L. Oliver, Esq., 

 Bollington. 

 Dear Sir, 



We report upon the undermentioned samples as follows : — 

 Caravonica Cotton, No. i. Values. 



White, staple if inch, very strong, inclined to be 1 2d. nora. 

 harsh, but finer than Caravonica as grown in Australia, 

 which is used as a substitute for Rough Peru to mix with 

 wool. Buyers of such would not give over about lid. 

 per lb., but if, owing to the climate of Jamaica, the 

 staple became finer, it would be a substitue for Abassi 

 which is now worth I4d. & I5d. 



Caravonica Cotton, No. 2. 



Similar in character, no finer, rather shorter in length, 



Probable value when ginned lid. 



We are, 



Yours faithfully, 

 (Sgd.) Wolstenholme & Holland, 

 The "Agricultural News"* prints the following note: — 

 In reply to a request from the Imperial Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture to be supplied with information as to the variety of cotton 

 produced in Queensland and known as Caravonica, of which 

 mention was made in the Agricultural News (Vol. V, p. 358), the 

 Secretary of the British Cotton-growing Association has written 

 as follows : — 



Your letter with enclosure relating to Caravonica cotton to hand. 

 This cotton, which is probably a hybrid of Sea Island and Rough 

 Peruvian, does not at all compare with the West Indian Sea 

 Island. The statement that ' of all the cottons collected by the 

 Association the Caravonica was adjudged the most valuable, &c, ' 

 is not correct. It is very undesirable that any of this seed should 

 be used in the West Indies, as the cotton lacks most of the essen- 

 tial characteristics of the Sea Island. 

 * Vol. VI. No. 126, 23 Feb., 1907. 



