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used native or imported arrowroot and the price paid. He had 

 twelve replies from which he found that they all bought their 

 arrowroot locally ; eight got imported arrowroot, three native, and 

 one D.M.O. replied that he made no special enquiry whether the 

 arrowroot was native or imported. The lowest price paid was 3d. 

 per lb. but that was only in one instance. There was one at 3jd. 

 one at 3fd., live at 4d., three at 5d., and three at 6d. Some of the 

 Kingston Institutions also bought imported arrowroot locally at 5d. 

 per lb. No arrowroot was sent out from the Island Medical Stores. 

 The Secretary read letter from Rev. Mr. Gartshore, Secretary of the 

 Agricultural Society in Hanover, who said he was very anxious to 

 get the settlers there to grow enough to supply native institutions. 

 The Secretary said that the difficulty was to get a start and to 

 arrange that the wants of the institutions should coincide with the 

 supplies when ready. The Island Chemist stated that one D.M.O. 

 had forwarded a sample of the arrowroot used at a local hospital, 

 and his analysis proved that it was corn starch, or arrowroot highly 

 adulterated with corn starch, which was a cheaper commodity than 

 arrowroot. 



The Secretary was instructed to arrange to meet the Superin- 

 tending Medical Officer and confer with him to see what arrange- 

 ments might be arrived at, so that Public Institutions might be 

 supplied with native arrowroot if possible. 



Vanilla — The Rev. John Maxwell wrote that Vanilla pods would 

 be ready for curing about October, and he would arrange to give 

 the necessary instruction to the settlers growing Vanilla in St. 

 Elizabeth, Hanover and Westmoreland during that month. The 

 Secretary will ask Mr. Mennell, Instructor for Hanover, to associate 

 himself with Mr. Maxwell. He will submit Mr. Maxwell's proposed 

 arrangements at the next meeting. 



Importation of Brahmin Bulls to U.S.A. — The Secretary read letter 

 from the Bureau of Animal Industry advising that such animals as 

 Brahmin Bulls can only enter the United States at New York, 

 Boston and Baltimore, and only if accompanied by a clean Bill of 

 Health from the Veterinary Surgeon here, and would be subject to 

 rigorous inspection and quarantine at the port of entry. 



The Secretary submitted the following letters from the Secretary 

 of the Agricultural Society, as follows : — 



Cotton Industry — I. Informing the Board that he had imported 

 1,500 lbs. of selected Sea Island Cotton Seed which was being dis- 

 infected at Hope Gardens and would be available for sale and for 

 free issue in small quantities for experiments ; that in addition to 

 one fairly large cultivation in St. Andrew, a good many cultivations 

 from one to five acres were in prospect. In order that as few mis- 

 takes as possible should be made in the preparing of the land and 

 planting, he asked that the Agricultural Instructor, Mr. Briscoe, be 

 allowed to devote a good part of the next month to giving instruc- 

 tion and advice in this industry in St. Andrew. 



As it would be important to know whether St. Vincent or native 

 seed gave best results, he had arranged with various cultivators to 

 plant both separately, but owing to the difficulty of getting accurate 



