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Further information of a recent character on pcan part Kitts- 
Nevis and Anguilla may be obtained from the follow 
Harris, ©. Alexander. Description of St. Kitts-Nevis (with 
list of Exhibits). Handbook of West Indies. Indian and 
Colonial Exhibition (pp. 107-113), London, 1886. 
ene, oe Fruits of St. Kitts. Kew Bulletin, 1888, 
p. 215. 
Morris, D. Botanical Enterprise in the West Indies: St. Kitts- 
Nevis and Anguilla. Kew Bulletin, 1891, pp. 124-132. 
Morris, D. The Colony of the Leeward Islands: St. Kitts. 
Proceedings Royal Colonial Institute, vol. xxii. (1890-91). 
pp. 244-247. 
Barber, ©. A. Bulletin Agricultural Department. (Supplement 
to ‘the Leeward Islands Gazette, 1891-94.) :— 
XVI. Meteorological Record for St. Kitts for 1892. (E. A 
ancock). 
XIX. Outbreak of Shot Borer in St. Kitts. 1893. 
XXIX. Experimental cultivation in St. Kitts, with special 
reference to cane diseases in the island. 1894. a 
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for instruction. A technical school for teaching mechanical 
trades has been in pests for a short time in St. Kitts. The 
institution roger s work for the sugar estates, and the boys 
ewe tot Sake oth tradesmen. A Select Committee of the 
atie Council, has, however, recommended “ the withdrawal 
f expenditure on account of elementary education, of the 
= mar school, and ve the pear school.” This, ey 
Stated, “ was absolutely necessary in view of a BF ee deficit of 
not less than 15,0007. on the coiii for the current y 
378. As a matter of urgent importance, attention is directed to 
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the statement placed before the Royal Commission by Mr. L. M. 
K t, Superintendent of Public Works, respecting the 
occurre of destructive floods in = Kitts, due, he alleges, to 
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