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certainly he remunerative. But although the plant 

 has heen introduced, some time will elapse before a 

 knowledge of the method of fertilising the flowers and 

 preparing the " pods " for the market becomes general 

 in the group. 



In the interior of the large islands there are large 

 tracts of land on which Tex^. and some of the valuable 

 kinds of Cinchonas (Peruvian bark trees, or quin- 

 quina), will most likely thrive. 



Several tea plants (in pots) were noticed in Eiji, in 

 the verandahs of settlers' houses. The variety of the 

 tea plant which will best suit Fiji is that known as 

 the Assam Hybrid. It might be introduced from India, 

 and, for an inexpensive trial, distributed in small num- 

 bers (three or four plants to a town or tribe) among 

 the natives at such places as Nadrau, Babuca, Namosi 

 Vienunga, Namoali, in the interior of Viti Levu. The 

 cinchonas might be dealt with in a similar manner. 

 The varieties of this plant which will do best in Eiji 

 are cinchona succirubra, or Red bark, and other sorts 

 which are indigenous in the warmer parts of the 

 Andes. These might be obtained from India in suffi- 

 cient quantity for a trial, if not from Mauritius and 

 some of the Botanic Gardens in the Australian colo- 

 nies, where they are grown in collections of econo- 

 mical plants. 



Many parts of Eiji are well adapted for the culti- 

 vation of Rice. Throughout the country there are 

 numerous old dalo or taro beds, which only require 

 a little repair to fit them for its cultivation. It 

 would be a most excellent article for alternate 

 cropping with Swamp dalo. The one would in a 

 manner prepare the ground for the other. In the 



