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character, Both in quality and arrangement they reflect the 
greatest credit on Dr. Nicholls, Mr. Agar and Mr. Jones, who are 
primarily responsible for the foundation of the Museum. Dr. 
Nicholls has lent his collection of Carib stone implements, which is 
probably unique in its size and variety, Mr. Agar has collected and 
arranged a large number of entomological specimens which should 
form the nucleus of an important collection, and the botanical exhibits 
are due to the activities of Mr. Jones. 
Such a voluntary effort as the formation of this Museum deserves 
every encouragement, for there can be no doubt that as the col- 
lections increase and are accurately determined the value of the 
Museum to the community will be inestimable. 
It was with many regrets that [ had to turn my back on Dominica, 
which offers so stimulating a field to the naturalist owing to our 
comparative ignorance of its fauna and flora and which in addition 
possesses tropical scenery of such singular beauty. 
TRINIDAD. 
The Agricultural Conference. 
Trinidad was reached in the early morning of January 23rd 
from the Northern Islands by the R.M.S. “ Balantia,” with a 
goodly company on board bound for the Conference. Kew was 
well represented by the Agricultural Superintendents, Curators of 
Botanic Stations, and Agricultural Instructors from the various 
islands. Soon after coming to anchor off Port of Spain we were met 
by the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. S. W. Knaggs, Mr. Freeman, 
Assistant Director of Agriculture, and Mr. Tripp, Secretary of 
the Agricultural Society, representing the local Reception Com- 
mittee, and taken ashore in the Jaunch, picking up the Delegates 
from British Guiana and Barbados from their respective ships on 
our way. 
The Conference was declared open at 1.30 in a speech of welcome 
from His Excellency the Governor, Sir George R. Le Hunte, 
G.C.M.G. The President then delivered his address, and was 
followed by Professor Carmody, who gave an account of agricultural 
progress in Trinidad and Tobago. A Reception at Government 
House by His Excellency and evening lectures completed the first 
day’s work. 
As the Proceedings of the Conference will be published in full in 
the West Indian Bulletin, I do not propose to give any detailed 
account of the papers and discussions. Our time was well arranged, 
and a great deal of work of a very interesting character was done 
during the week that the Conference was sitting. 
Early morning demonstrations from 7.30 to 8.30 at the St. Clair 
experiment station formed some of the most interesting and useful 
features of the Conference. Mr. Guppy demonstrated his methods 
of trapping Cacao beetles by using pieces of branches of the wild 
chataigne, Pachira aquatica, a tree which is very attractive to the 
beetles, and he pointed out the danger of growing it near a Cacao 
plantation. Then followed a demonstration by Mr. Rorer on the 
spraying of Cacao, showing the value of different types of nozzle ; 
suitable forms of apparatus for use on hilly plantations were also 
