7S 



are not procurable in West Africa, can be delivered at 

 the latter place at a reasonable cost, they will be exten- 

 sively used on the rubber and cacao estates now rapidly 

 springing into being in that part of the world. 



I would recommend this to some Sumatra planters who 

 do not believe in anything except stumps, the roots of 

 which they cut down to about six inches. Stumping is 

 a method to fall back upon, and should be regarded as 

 such. 



