Although other factories not connected with the above have also 

 been at work for many years, the firm which originally intro- 

 duced the industry still enjoys the primacy. 



Another innovation introduced by the same firm is candied 

 " Rahat Loukoum," a quantity of it having been prepared 

 expressly for the Chicago Exhibition, but owing again to some 

 unfortunate delay on the part of the officials appointed for the 

 purpose, the article was not sent in time, thus depriving the 

 manufacturers of another well-merited prize. 

 I have the honour to be, 

 My Lord, 

 With the greatest respect, 

 Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, 



W. H. COTTRBLL, 



Consul. 

 The [tight Honourable, 



The Earl of Rosebery, E.G., 



Her Majesty's Principal Secretary 

 of State for Foreign Affairs. 



VIL-PLANTING BOG LAND. 



The Congested Districts Board for Ireland made an experiment, 

 which does not appear to have been attended with much success, 

 to plant bog land at Knockboy, in the West of Ireland. Professor 

 Schlich, F.R.S., was invited in 1895 to inspect and report on the 



In order to prepare himself for the work, Professor Schlich, 

 "with characteristic thoroughness, "visited a number of places 

 situated in the North of Germany, between Bremen, Hamburg, 

 and Cuxhaven on the North Sea." 



The result of Professor Schlich's observations was given in a 

 departmental report which for some years was regarded as " con- 

 fidential." They are, however, so valuable as to deserve the 

 wider circulation which it is hoped will now be given to them :— 



" The soil throughout the Knockboy estate may be described as 

 more or less boggy, except small portions on the hill where the 

 rock appears on the surface. The depth of bog varies from a few 

 mches to over ten feet. So far, it has not been possible to observe 

 any decided difference in the progress of the young trees on 

 shallow and on deep bog. The oldest plantation is, however, only 

 four years old, and this particular area is exposed to other very 

 unfavourable conditions. Of the older plantations which I saw 

 m County Galway, none are situated on deep bog land, so that 

 they do not teach us in how far success on deep bog may be 

 looked for. Under these circumstances I had to look elsewhere 

 for evidence, and this I found in a number of bogs situated in the 

 vicinity of Bremen and Hamburg. There I visited more par- 

 ticularly the reclamation works which have been carried out in 

 the bogs of Hellvveger, Augiistendorf, and Burgsittensen. 



