“ Annatto to rise in value. We may state that a year or two ago the 
“& Guadaloupe even rose to 10d. and 11d. per 1b., or more, for a short 
“ time. 
“It shows that addiction to one branch of production only debars 
“ from constantly taking the market, while by a versatility of treatment 
“& produce may always fetch the highest value for that form of it most 
& in demand at the time. 
“is asked by the brokers. This sort has very little staining 
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“ shoulder. y this kind cannot be made by our colonists we are at 
“a loss to know. Is the Brazil Rocou or Bixa another species? [No. 
“ We endeavoured to persuade Demerara shippers here in Bristol to 
“ get Annatto preparing taken up in British Guiana. Inquiries were 
“ made, but it was replied /that, though the trees were abundant, the 
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“ friends might profitably give some time to this as one of the smaller 
“¢ (but easy) industries, which, combined, might ‘ pare out’ as profitably 
“* your attention thus far. 
Messrs. Fulwood and Bland, one of the oldest manufacturers cf 
atto in this country, mention that it would be of service to growers 
of Annatto to learn that seed should only be shipped to London where 
price. 
but if really good Annatto, prepared under European supervision, 
became established in London, it would supersede most of the present 
French Annattos, which are, as a rule, of inferior quality. 
In the Kew Museum of Economic Botany there is a very interesting 
series of Annatto from nearly every portion of the Tropies. These 
consist of cake Annatto from Madras d by Dr. Cleghorn ; 
Fullwood’s Annatto, one of the best preparations in the English market, 
from A i Son; Annatto from aica 
“ Faroah ” paint, used by Indians, made from seeds of Bixa Orellana, 
British Guiana, E. F. im Thurn ; sample of flag Annatto of commerce ; 
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Paris Exhibition, 1878 ; and Annatto seeds as usuall x from 
Jamaica, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. i 
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