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20. Pimento. — Several samples, all of very inferior merit. 



21. Dried Ginger.— tio exhibit. 



22. Pickles. 1 Here we had difficulty in making our award, not on 



23. Hot Sauce. ' account of merit. The exhibit on the whole was 

 most disappointing. 



24. Ckutnee.— Another unsatisfactory class of exhibits; we did not 

 taste a sample approaching in quality the chutnee often sold here by 

 coolies, 



25. Curry Powder. — The prize was awarded to a very fair sample of 

 good flavour and colour. 



26. Guava Jelly. — An unsatisfactory show, the jellies exhibited, with 

 the exception of that awarded the prize, were cloudy and dark in colour. 

 The prize sample was clear and bright, of good flavour and colour. 



27. Other Jellies. ^ Praflically no competition. We missed the ex- 



28. Jams. i cellent jellies that can be prepared from some 

 of our local fruits. 



2p. Marmalade. — Not a very satisfactory exhibit, the best sample 

 containing too much sugar, and too little orange. 

 JO. Stewed Guava. — An unsatisfactory exhibit. 



31. Cassareep.—k large exhibit of dark coloured preparations in 

 bottles, (some of which were fermenting), but a very small one of 

 cassareep. Apparently any dark coloured saccharine liquid, even the 

 molasses from second sugars, was considered by many of the exhibitors 

 to be worthy of the name of cassareep. 



32. Prepared Chocolate. — Two of the samples for competition were of 

 excellent flavour, but the one to which the second prize was awarded 

 contained an excess of sugar. A sample of creole chocolate, (without 

 sugar), was exhibited, but unfortunately, the beans from which it had 

 been prepared had been scorched during roasting. 



33. Bees' Wax. — No exhibit. 



24. Crushed Feed. — In last year's Show an excellent exhibit was 

 made of cattle, horse, and poultry feed, prepared from Colony produCts 

 only. This year only a vile wet fermenting mass was shown, better 

 calculated for cattle poison than cattle feed. 



We are desirous in connection with this class to draw attention to the 

 very excellent exhibits of Messrs. Gaskin & Co., and of the Mercurius 

 Cigar Co. The exhibits of various preparations of cocoa and chocolate 

 by the former were worthy of the highest commendation, and remem- 

 bering that the flavour of cocoa and chocolate, skilfully prepared in the 



