327 
A third Ordinance which has an important bearing on the 
industry is that providing for the destruction of all cotton 
plants at the end of each season in order to prevent the carry- 
ing over from one season to another of ceriain pests and 
diseases. As the provisions of this measure cover all kinds 
of cotton whether wild or cultivated, it has been possible to 
destroy all the perennial wild or semi-wild types and so reduce 
to a minimum the danger of cross fertilization of the valuable 
Sea Island variety with undesirable kinds. 
The methods of cultivation, yields per acre, details of 
picking, bulking, drying, ginning, and baling are fully des- 
cribed in the paper, together with the chief characteristics of 
the lint and the uses to which it is put. 
The prices obtained for St. Vincent Sea Island white cotton 
during the past three seasons have ranged from 2s. to 2s. od. 
per lb. for the ‘‘ superfine ’’ and from 1s. 6d. to 1s. 11d. for the 
‘* ordinary.” 
The industry is a remunerative one in an average of years. 
THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS 
COLONY. 
By H. A. Tempany, B.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S., 
Superintendent of Agriculture, Leeward Islands. 
[ ABSTRACT. ] 
In this paper the history of the development of the industry 
of the cultivation of Sea Island cotton in the Leeward Islands 
Colony of the British West Indies is traced. 
An account is given of the conditions under which the staple 
is produced in the different Presidencies of the Colony. 
The methods adopted to foster the growth of the industry 
are described, and the manner in which development has 
occurred is illustrated by statistics giving the detailed exports 
for each year since the inception of the industry. 
The cultural methods in vogue are dealt with and also the 
means adopted to secure the maintenance and improvement 
of the staple by means of plant selection; this side of the work 
has for a number of years past constituted a very important 
branch of the activities of the Agricultural Department. 
The principal insect and fungoid diseases to which the crop 
is liable are enumerated and the means adopted for their 
control indicated. 
In the concluding sections of the paper the conditions under 
which the industry is carried on in each of the islands in which 
Sea Island cotton is grown are summarized in some detail, 
