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made in the successful cultivation of tobacco in England. 

 At the Smithfield Club's last show, samples of the first 

 somewhat important English grown tobacco crop were 

 shown by Messrs. Carter & Co. and the possibility was 

 actually demonstrated of growing tobacco for a profit in 

 England. 



OilS) oil §eeds and soap 



Oil seeds consisted of Coconuts and Illipeseeds 

 (Bassia latifoUaJ exhibited by Mr. Ch. Lienard. 



The Coconuts shown were valuable, by their size 

 and thickness of their meat. I have been questioned by 

 persons interested in the trade about the average quantity 

 of oil extracted from them in our Depencies. In Ceylon 

 and in India, 36 per cent is generally obtained out of the 

 70 per cent of oil the nuts contain. 



The sample sent by the " Magasin General des 

 Huiles^^ was a very good one, and compared favourably 

 with any other sample of coconut oil in the exhibition. 

 It would, I dare say, be worth the trouble to 

 ascertain whether the refuses of that important industry 

 might not, with profit be turned to account, in our 

 Dependencies. 



The husk, for instance, might be on the spot, soaked, 

 then passed between rollers to soften the fvoody matter 

 ihey contain and afterwards reduced to " coir'' fibre, by 

 the sharp steel teeth of the " devil" or coir machine and 

 packed in large bales for shipping. The fibre has a 

 reputation as an excellent substitute for horse-hair and 



