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The Agricultural Instructors in their (ravels about the Island 

 have had inquiries from planters and others regarding some useful 

 periodical on tropical agriculture and the ' Agricultural News' has been 



recommended as the best paper of the kind issued in the western 

 tropics. 



The above-mentioned sample copies will therefore be distributed 

 first to those enquirers, and the remainder will be available for any 

 one in the Colony who applies to the Superintendent Botanical 

 Department, Port-of-Spain. 



For the benefit of those in the colony who may not have heard of 

 this periodical we give the following extract : — 



The ' Agricultural News ' contains extracts from official cor- 

 respondence and from progress and other reports ; and, in fact, any 

 information indicating what is going on in each colony and the 

 progress made in Agricultural matters throughout the West Indies. 



The 'Agricultural News' is printed in time to be distributed, 

 regularly, by each mail, and is on sale by the local agents of the 

 Department at one penny per number, post free, l^d. The subscrip- 

 tion price, including postage, is Is. l\d. per half-year, or 3s 3d. per 

 annum. Vols. I, II and III complete with title page and index as 

 issued— Price 4s. Post free, 5s. Only a few copies available. All 

 applications for copies are to be addressed to the Agents, not to the 

 Department. — Agents — Trinidad : Messrs. Muir, Makshall & Company, 

 Port-of-Spain. Agent — Tobago : Mr. C. L. Plagemann, Scarborough. 



715.-NOTES AND EXTRACTS ABOUT RUBBER. 



Some washed " cultivated " Rubber has been sold at the record 

 price of u's. 8|d. per lb.— {India Bubber Journal, 22nd May, 1905). 



The average price for Fine Para Rubber during the last three 

 years has varied as follows : — 



s. d. 

 1903 — average price per lb. ... ... 4 



1904 „ ' „ „ ... ... 4 8 



1905 „ „ „ ... ... 5 6 



The market shows no tendency to decline and there is certainly 



no hope in the immediate future of a rapid fall in price. — (India 

 Bubber Journal, 22nd May, 1905). 



Some new iises for Rubber : — 



(1) instead of sheepskin for bag-pipes ; 



(2) for covering the stone-work round the sides of public 

 swimming baths. — (India Bubber Journal, 22nd May, 

 1905). 



