awakens an interest and leads but a few to inquire 

 further into the present position and possibilities of 

 the industry, and eventually to share in its develop- 

 ment and profits. 



So far little has been known of the subject outside 

 the limited circle of planters, traders, merchants, 

 and financiers who have been identified with its 

 development. We trust that the information 

 given in these pages will prove of practical 

 value and thus contribute, in the measure of 

 their utility, towards the development of what has 

 been, and must long remain, without doubt 

 the most profitable form of tropical industry, 

 and in which some of our most enterprising colonies 

 are largely interested. 



AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. 



We take this opportunity of recording our grateful 

 thanks for the courtesy extended to us by the 

 authors of the following publications and the 

 authorities enumerated below, to which we have 

 had occasion to refer and from which we have 

 ventured to make certain quotations : 



Coconuts The Consols of the East. 



The Cult of the Coconut. 



The Coconut Planters' Manual. 



Daily Mail. 



Coconut Cultivation in the West Indies. 



