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canned pine apples in England, but I do not remember 
ever having seen any other of our tropical fruits canned, 
I think that the mango, if not quite ripe, and the mammee | 
apple, would bear canning very well, in fa€t I should | 
think that any fruit that will bear cooking would stand | 
being canned. Iam afraid that such fruits as pansy 
and sappodilloes would not bear it. 
Another small industry is butter ; why should we import | 
so much butter? Mr. HARRY GARNETT has shewn us | 
that butter can be made here and that too of excel- 
lent quality. I do not know if it pays Mr. GARNETT, 
but we must remember that it is not his business, only a! 
hobby, and hobbies rarely pay. Because an Earl does( 
not make anything out of his green-houses it does not 
follow that a market gardener cannot make them pay. 
I should like to be able to say something about tobacco, 
but I know so very little about the capabilities of growing 
tobacco. Weall know however that the Island of Cuba is 
in a very bad way, and “there is always something not 
wholly displeasing in the misfortunes of one’s friends.” 
It is quite possible that tobacco of excellent quality might 
be grown in some parts of the colony, and there is no 
reason why we should not learn how to cure it both for 
cigars and ordinary tobacco, 
Again there is cotton, we know that cotton can be 
grown here, and the reason why the export of cotton was 
abandoned was the high wages asked by our labourers, 
but now that the wages have come down so tremendously, 
it is possible that cotton may be grown at profit, espe- 
cially as the oil from the seed is now in so great a 
demand. 
When Mr. HoGG was giving his evidence before the 
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