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pe ass egoi will regard a rational system for the preserva- 
of forests, and for maintaining the hu midity and fertility of 
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of these Colonies. The treatment of the forests in Trinidad has, 
ho mea been dealt with in a report prepared by Mr. J. H. Hart, 
F.L.S., in 1891. Mr. Hart expresses the opinion “that t there 
exists an urgent and practical need for a general and uniform 
scheme of forest p nn reservation, ma Tna i 
fully proved from the answers of the Wardens to my quest 
n the subject which a show the spun a for the Ea 
Cae of the State. 
Amongst the works relating to Ee Botany of the West Indies 
generally, the most a ee is “Flora of the British West 
Indian Islands,” by A. H. R. aires (London, 1859-64). This 
is one of the earliest of the Colonial Floras brought out under the 
jo eat hae of Sir Wan: a pat jaie p Kew, 1841-1865. 
gst er and less ible books are Tussac 
Antillarum i (1808-1827), ga my 138 pis paar plates; Lunan’s 
“ Hortus Jamaicensis ’ ; and Descourtilz’ “ Flore Médicale 
des Antilles ” (1821-1829). A list of other works on the Botany 
British Museum Natural Hist The economic resources of the 
West Indies are fully arira f by tera in the Museums at 
Kew. The handbooks, ca talogues, and reports published in con- 
nection with the ig So les Indian Exhibition, 1886, contain 
plants and other subjects has been published in the Kew 
Bulletin (London : Eyre and neta E Of this ten volumes, 
with a general index, have been issued to the end of 1896.] 
14, At the request of the Chairman, a scheme, the particulars 
of which are given in the Appendix, has been prepared, indicating 
the means considered ery ary to give immediate assistance to 
the Colonies concerned, and calculated to place them in such a 
position as to become ultimately self-sustaining and fairly pros- 
p s. The cost at first will be considerable, but it may prove 
after all the more economical in the end. 
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