2B. Report of the AgricuUural Committee. 



and Oranges, we ought to have an abundant supply. The 

 Muscatelle grape of this place has been declared equal to 

 that of any other country. Peaches grow luxuriantly in the 

 higher parts of the Island, but their culture has been ne- 

 glected. Vegetables and fruits for pickling and preserving 

 purposes, mightbe cultivated: besides the local consumption, 

 if offered cheap, such articles would, probably, find a consi- 

 derable sale amongst the shipping which resort to our har- 

 bour, and amongst which the difliculty and expense of ob- 

 taining Guava jelly in this place, as compared with the 

 West Indies, has been a subject of remark. Ginger, which 

 thrives very well in certain parts of the Island, is in the 

 same category ; and might, together with Tamarinds, etc., 

 in the shape of preserves, become, in a minor way, sources 

 of trade. 



The Society has hitherto offered in vain prizes for Cho- 

 colate, Caoutchouc, Cokimba root, and Abaca cordage. Al! 

 of these might answer, and the introduction of the p'lant 

 (Musa textilisj from which the last mentioned is spun, as 

 ■well as its mode of manufacture, merit public encourage- 

 ment. The Indian Rubber tree flourishes well in the 

 Colony. The right kind ought to be propagated ; and, from 

 the rapidity and facility of its growth, and the shade it af- 

 fords, would prove a useful, as well as an ornamental addi- 

 tion to the small cultivator's plot of ground. Cochineal is 

 now exported, to some extent, from the West Indies: it is 

 stated to have been introduced into Java with a prospect of 

 considerable success. It may prove worthy of attention 

 with us. 



The Committee observed with pleasure the variety of 

 articles sent to the present exhibition by the enterprising 

 proprietor of one of our principal Estates, <(Triolet.» Be- 



