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Bependencies. Cotton was once extensively cultivated 

 in the Seychelles and Mr. Me Leod, H. M. Consul at 

 Zanzibar, referring to Seychelles Cotton in 1859 writes 

 " From 1817 to 1827, a flourishing and lucrative cotton 

 " trade was carried on at the Seychelles and it requires 

 " only labours to compete with America as this article, 

 •'* which it produces, is of the very finest silky Sea- 

 " Island quality." 



A number of wild plants are frequently met with, 

 scattered about in the several islands of the Archipelago. 



Good samples of " silk-cotton'^ or Kapok have been 

 contributed by Mr. J. Gemmell of Seychelles. 



Tobacco 



Several samples both from Mauritius, and Sey- 

 chelles were sent for Exhibition, by Messrs. Ch. Lie- 

 nard, P. D'Unienville, Mamet and J. Gemmell. 



The specimens were creditable, if we bear in mini 

 that our Colony is only in its infancy with regard to 

 the cultivation of tobacco. The only drawback: to be- 

 coming useful for consumption in this country is that 

 the burning was not perfect, but this might arise from 

 not being sufiiciently fermented. 



This imperfection can also be overcome by the use 

 of suitable manure applied to the land upon which the 

 tobacco is Grown, great attention being subsequently 

 paid to the proper fermentation of the leaves ; one of 

 the elemejits of success lies in the choice of the proper 

 soil. 



