166 

 JAMAICAN GINGER." 



According to Gillespie Bros. & Go's. New York Market Report 

 for March l6, ginger continues to be the principal factor in the 

 spice market. The continued upward movement of the European 

 market, and the situation in Jamaica as reported by cable, make 

 it almost impossible to attempt to predict what price Jamaica root 

 will reach, or even to name quotations, London has advanced 

 2s. per cwt. within the past fortnight, and buyers here have 

 advanced their offers let. per lb., but were unable to obtain any 

 ginger even at the advance. With the situation as it is to-day, it 

 is possible to obtain almost any price within reason for the small 

 parcels that are coming to hand. On to-day's market we quote 

 from 8c. to 8|c. per lb. for dark scraggy root, and from lOc. to 

 I lie. per lb. for the small white to bright bold ginger. 



STUDY OF CASTILLOA RUBBER, t 



On La Zacualpa plantation in Ghiapas, Southern Mexico, 

 there has been established a botanical station, the principal object 

 of which is to study the Gentral American rubber tree (Castilloa 

 elastica), its culture, and the preparation of commercial rubber 

 from this tree. On La Zacualpa and affiliated plantations there 

 are now planted over three million trees, and at least two addi- 

 tional million trees will be planted. In connection with the botanical 

 station, there is a laboratory for chemical and physiological inves- 

 tigation of the latex. A complete meteorological observatory 

 will soon be ready on La Zacualpa, and two meteorological substa- 

 tions, will be established in the mountains close by, where simul- 

 taneous observations will be made at the elevations of 2,000 and 

 3,500 feet. The main station is situated at 250 feet above the sea, 

 twelve miles from the Pacific Ocean, on the lowlands at the foot 

 of Sierra Madre, about sixty miles from the border of Guatemala. 

 The director of the station is Dr. Pehr Olsson-Seffer from Stanford 

 University. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES 



The usual Monthly Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on Wednesday, 13th June. Present :- 

 The Director of Public Gardens, the Island Chemist, His Grace 

 the Archbishop, the Superintending Inspector of Schools, Messrs. 

 C. A. T. Fursdon, C. E. DeMercado, J. W. Middleton, and the 

 Secretary. 



Acting Chairman — The Secretary read letter from the Colonial 

 Secretary's Oifice intimating that the Governor had appointed Mr. 



* Extract from the Agriciiltwral A'eios, April 14th, 1906. 

 tFrom Science, March 16. I:fl6. p, 439. 



