xl Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



ought to have good* secure netting as well, and 

 remember that twice the size of the bed you 

 are used to at home is not too much if you 

 value plenty of fresh air and freedom of 

 movement at night in the Tropics. 



Having been in New Guinea, I can confirm 

 the following list as being an excellent one 

 for those setting up a stock of drugs for their 

 estate use. I take it from Mr. Staniforth 

 Smith's excellent handbook on Papua, or 

 British New Guinea, feeling certain that what 

 suits so distant a part of the Tropics can well 

 be adopted elsewhere. 



List of drugs, &c., which should be kept at 

 out-stations, &c. : 



Thermometer. Syringe. 



Lint. Quinine (5 gr. Tablets). 

 Cotton Wool. (2 gr. ). 



Bandages. ,, Mixture. 



Jaconet. Tincture of Opium Tablets. 



Carbolic Acid. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. 



Boric Acid. Chlorate of Potash Tablets. 

 Tablets of Zinc Sulphate. Cascara Tablets (2 gr.). 

 Tablets of Lead Acetate. Sulphonal ,, (5 gr.). 



Carbolic Ointment. Livingstone Rousers. 



Boracic Ointment. Calomel (5 gr.). 



Sulphur Ointment. Epsom Salts. 



Paregoric. Tonic Tablets. 



Pair of Scissors. Turpentine Liniment. 



Chlorodyne. Iodine Liniment. 



Bluestone. Potassium Permanganate. 



Phenacetin Tablets. Adhesive Rubber Plaster. 



In the same handbook we are told that 

 under the " Native Labour Ordinance of 



