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of special kinds have been introduced among the seeds with 

 excellent effect, and although the number of seeds used is over 

 25, the list is far from complete and is constantly being added to. 

 The resources of Burma, Ceylon, and many parts of India are 

 still unexploited. 



" The seed and bead industry is interesting for several reasons. 

 It is based on the use of materials which were previously without 

 value, and these materials are worked up with the aid of new tools 

 and appliances designed expressly for them under very strict 

 limitations as to cost and complication. The industry has become 

 a commercial success in the hands of ladies who had no previous 

 experience in the work, which seems to be especially adapted to 

 the needs of industrial schools, as without being very difficult to 

 learn, it requires enough of special knowledge to protect it against 

 the competition of careless or unscrupulous rivals whose one 

 object is cheapness, regardless of quality. At All Saints' Home 

 quality of work and speed of production receive due attention, 

 and as these essentials demand that all the tools and appliances 

 shall be kept in good order, the training of the workers is of a 

 kind that is but calculated to correct the national habit of care- 

 lessness among them. 



"Seed and bead work should take a prominent place among 

 the small industries of India, and should serve as a model for 

 kindred undertakings in which simple appliances are needed to 

 increase the efficiency and productiveness of the workers. Her 

 Royal Highness the Princess of Wales when in Bombay recently 

 paid a visit to the Industry and made several purchases. One of 

 her purchases was a necklace which is now named after her." 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Extracts from Proceedings. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held 

 at Headquarter House on Wednesday, 23rd. October, at 2 o'clock 

 p.m. ; present — Hon. H. Clarence Bourne, in the Chair, the Director 

 of Public Gardens, the Island Chemist, His Grace the Arch- 

 bishop, the Superintending Inspector of Schools, Mr. D. Campbell 

 and the Secretary. Apologies for absence were submitted on be- 

 half of Mr. G. D. Murray, Mr. Conrad Watson, and Mr. E. W. 

 Muirhead. 



Representatives of Agricultural Society — The Secretary read 

 letter from the Colonial Secretary's Office intimating that on the 

 recommendation of the Board of Management of the Agricultural 

 Society, the Governor had appointed Mr. E. W. Muirhead in room 

 of Mr. Fursdon, resigned, and Mr. D. Campbell as the second 

 representative. 



