small horizontal drill heads arranged along a narrow table which 
accommodates six drillers. The clamp holding the seeds rests 
upon a small adjustable bracket which supports it at the level of 
the drill point ; and power is applied by a coolie who turns a 
wooden wheel at the end of the table. A cord from this wheel 
makes a single turn around the small pulley of each drill and 
returns above them to the wheel. One labourer thus serves six 
drills without any complication of mechanism. The drill heads 
will, when required, carry wheels for grinding the drills. They 
will also carry a hook for laying up the silk cords used in 
embroidery and for making the woollen girdles worn by the 
Sisterhood. The demand for seeds soon outran the irregular 
contributions of friends and acquaintances, but fommateh 
arrangements were soon made for a system of supply direct from 
the jungles. Space for a display of the work of the All Saints 
Sisters in the Forest Section of the recent Industrial and 
Agricultural Exhibition was also provided, where the industry 
gained a bronze medal and attracted much attention, their 
' chicks ' or partiers being conspicuous for their rich and 
harmonious colouring. Beads of special kinds have been intro- 
duced 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 carelessness 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 Trincess 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." 
XLIII.-FUNGI EXOTICI: V. 
The nine new fungi here described from material in the 
Herbarium at Kew include three Malayan species communicated by 
Mr. H. N. Ridley, Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore ; three 
West African species sent by Mr. W. H. Johnson, lately Director of 
