JAMAICA. 



BULT^BTIN 



OF THE 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. I. DECEMBER, 1903. Part 12. 



SUGAR CONFERENCE. 



A Conference of sugar planters and others interested i i the iiidiistrv 

 was held at the Institute of Jamaica on the llth November when Sir 

 Daniel Morris spoke on the present condition of the industry in Jamaica 

 consequent on the abolition of the continental bounties. 



There was a large attendance. His Excellency Sir Augustus Hem- 

 ming presided over the Conference and among those pi'esent besides 

 Sir Daniel Morris, were: the Hons. Sydney Olivier, C.M.Gr., W. Faw- 

 cett, H. Cork, J. Allwood, C.M.G , Dr. J. Pringle, C M.Gr , James Mit- 

 chell (Gustos of Clarendon), T H. Sharp, H. T. Ronaldson. L. J. Ber- 

 tram, Messrs. Wl-lle■^ley Bourke, Simon Soutar, J. L. Ashenheim, 

 John Barclay, H. H. ("ousins, S. J. Howe, R.. A. Walcott. R. S. Gam- 

 ble, A. B, Ventresse, Charles Stockhausen, F. W. Stockhausen, C 

 Arnold Malabie, James Wilson, H. McGilchrist, Alfred Pawsey, T. H. 

 Sharp, jnr., F. Cundall, H. S. Hammond (Assistant Chemist), G. Allan 

 (Fermentation Chemist), I J. Mordacai, Sylvester Tilley, J. G, Mes- 

 sam, C. J. Georges, G. Muirhead, John Camerou, Dr. H. R. Miller and 

 F. M. Ellis. 



His Excellency the Governor in opening the proceedings said, the ob- 

 ject for which they were met together thai day was in the first place to 

 listen to an address by Sir Daniel Morris on the present position and 

 prospect of the sugar industry. This would be followed by a few re- 

 marks f 1 om the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations and from Mr. 

 Cousins, the. Analytical and A gricultural Chemist. After those speeches 

 were concluded, he hoped they would have tlie remarks of sugar plan- 

 ters and any other persons interested in tlie industry. Any questions 

 arising out of the speeches could be asked, and he was sure that Sir 

 Daniel Morris and others would be glad to answer them to the best ol 

 tbeir ability. He regarded the question that they were about to dis- 

 cuss as the most important that could possibly be brought before an}' 

 meeting of this kind in Jamaica. He had never hesitated to express 

 his opinion, and he still maintained it, that whatever might be the 



