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in evidence that much advantage would result from “the 
“ establishment of a small but wall « organised botanical pine for 
eeds 
ue the Botanical Department in Trinidad was in existence for 
short time, but it was given up owing to the straitened circum- 
Ds ces of the island. This station “might b be revived on the 
ore of the ee made to that effect in the Appendix 
o this report. It would be desirable, also, that the Superin- 
tendent of the Trinidad Gardens should annually visit Tobago 
o advise in regard to new industries, and to arrange to supply 
ire and plants to those desirous of cultivating them 
194. Mr. Hart might also advise in regard to the injury to 
cultivation pai by the “ yellow ant” known in Trinidad as the 
mbrella ant.” This is Hiesari egua in a petition of 
ee urg presented to the Commission by Mr. Clemens. 
195. The Commissioner states that steps are being taken to open 
ps the Crown lands by selling them in ll lots to 
labourers. So far these sees are being taken n slowly, but 
roads are being made to some of them, at a cost o Al 
including those to the Crown lands. It is important that the 
planting of the Crown lands should be carefully supervised, in 
order to prevent their impover ETENE merely for the temporary 
purpose of growing ground provisions. 
[The Bibliography of Tobago is scanty. The following 
works and memoirs may be usefully consulte dix 
DA aE: Henry Iles. History of the Island of Tobago. Kings- 
n, 1866. 
Hay, L. G. Description of Tobago (with list of Exhibits) : Hand- 
book of West Indies, Indian and Colonial Exhibition (pp. 13- 
89). London, 1886. 
Hooper, E. D. M. Report on the Forests of Tobago. Colonial 
Office, 1887. 
Report on the Agri-Horticultural Resources of Tobago, by Je H. 
Hart. Trinidad Bulletin, No. 12, 1889.] 
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