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The Secretary was instructed to ask him to communicate with the 

 Chemist on the subject. 



The following papers which had been circulated were now sub- 

 mitted for final consideration :— 



1. Letters from Mr. Cradwick re Cocoa & Gunjah with remarks 

 from members. 



2. Mr. Briscoe's report for June of visit in St. Andrew and St. 

 Thomas-in-the-East and noting the resuscitation of the Bath 

 Agricultural Society. 



Mr. Cradwick's report on visits in St. Mary during June stating 

 that during that month there had been a great scarcity of water 

 in that parish, that vegetation looked fair while the cocoa looked 

 particularly well, stock was suffering, and in some places human 

 beings from want of water ; and that the entries for Small Hold- 

 ings Competition in St. Mary were very promising, there being 

 about 60 to date. 



3. Mr. Cradwick's revised itinerary for August through being 

 withdrawn from St. Catherine, and for September. 



Vanilla — The Director of Public Gardens and Plantations stated 

 that while he was in England he had an interview with Messrs. 

 E. A. DePass & Co. on the subject of Vanilla and begged to sub- 

 mit a letter from that Firm giving full information as to market 

 prices, prospects, and the manner in which the Vanilla should be 

 put up. He submitted a sample bundle of the best Vanilla and a 

 sample tin box in which the bundles of Vanilla should be packed, 

 also a specimen of the parchment with which it should be lined. 

 He stated that he would publish these particulars in the next 

 Bulletin. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on nth September, 1907 : present :— 

 Hon. H. Clarence Bourne, Chairman, the Director of Public 

 Gardens, the Chemist, Messrs. G. D. Murray, Conrad Watson, and 

 the Secretary John Barclay. 



The Secretary read a report on the efforts to establish the cotton 

 industry, giving details regarding the imported St. Vincent Sea 

 Island Cotton Seed which had been supplied to Mr. Desporte and 

 had not grown well. After discussion he was instructed to send 

 a sample of the seed to the Island Chemist to be examined and 

 analysed. The Secretary also reported on his visit to Saint 

 Elizabeth. 



Rat Virus — The Secretary read letter from the Colonial Secre- 

 tary's Office in reply to his letter sending in recommendation of 

 theBoard on the Chemist's proposal to establish a Rat Virus service, 

 stating that if it was the intention of the chemist to institute 

 pathological experiments on living animals in the Government 

 Laboratory, His Excellency was unable to approve of the proposal. 

 The Secretary said he had submitted the letter to Mr. Cousins 

 who had returned it with a memorandum explaining his intentions, 



