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fibre are, however, of so simple a nature, that a work on 
the subje& is scarcety needed. 
No doubt there are many old emigrants in the Colony, 
especially Bengalis, who are familiar wifh the cultivation 
of the plant and the extraétion of the fibre. 
In India the cultivation is carried on almost -entirély 
by natives, on farms of small extent, where the plant is 
grown and the fibre prepared on the spot, and sold to 
Agents, who bale and transmit the produce to Calcutta, 
in many instances several hundred miles by boat or rail. 
Ihave, &c., 
(Sgd) ROBERT W. S. MITCHELL, C.M.G,, 
Govt. Emigration Agent for British Guiana, 
Another Government communication, covering a Re- 
port on the Agricultural Capabilities of Dominica was 
also read, and the Report ordered to be laid upon thetable. 
The following Government letter was also read: — 
Government Secretary’s Office, 
Georgetown, Demerara, 
14th August, 1897. 
Sir,—I have the honour by direétion of the Governor 
to enclose herewith for the information of the Royal 
Agricultural and Commercial Society, a copy of a reso- 
lution by the St. Marylebone Vestry on the subjeé& of 
obtaining material for wood paving from within the Bri- 
tish Empire, which has been received from the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies. 
I have, &c., 
CHARLES T. COX. 
The Secretary 
Royal Agricultural 
and Commercial Society. 
