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of the Conference in a visit to Palmiste, the estate of Mr. Norman 
Lamont, and in camping out in the “ High Woods” of Morne 
L’Enfer in the southern part of Trinidad. 
Owing to the forethought and kindness of the Imperial Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture, President of the Conference ; the Director 
of Agriculture and the local committee in Trinidad ; the Director 
of the Local Department of Agriculture, Barbados, and the 
Agricultural Superintendents and Curators of Botanic Stations, 
and many others in the islands visited, my stay in the West 
Indies was rendered particularly pleasant and profitable. My best 
thanks are due to all those who spared themselves no trouble in 
enabling me to utilise the short time at my disposal to the greatest 
advantage. It was with much regret that, owing to the shortness 
of time at my disposal, I was unable to accept a pressing invitation 
to pay a visit to British Guiana. 
BARBADOS, 
We were met on arrival at Barbados by Dr. Watts, and later 
Mr. Bovell and Sir Frederick Clarke, President of the Agricultural 
Society, came to take us ashore. The day was spent under their 
kindly auspices, in visiting cotton ginneries and the offices and 
experimental grounds of the Local Department of Agriculture. 
n the return voyage Dr. Watts conducted us over the offices of 
the Imperial Department of Agriculture and afterwards through 
the kindness of Mr. Collymore, took us for a motor car drive of 
some forty-five miles around the southern and south-eastern end of 
the island in the course of which the sugar mill at Spencers was 
visited and a very interesting general idea of the island and its 
extensive cultivation was obtained. 
Cotton—There are two flourishing Cotton ginneries situated in 
Bridgetown, one with three gins belonging to Mr. Thornton and 
the other, the co-operative factory, where about a dozen gins were 
working. Cotton of very good quality was being ginned at both 
factories and the work was being done on similar lines in each place. 
The cleaned seeds were also dealt with and after being crushed and 
heated the mass was pressed to extract the oil. The resultant oil 
