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[Enelosure No. 2.] 
Messrs. Jous O'KzrL & Co., to Roxar Gampxws, Kew. 
46, Fenchurch Street, E.C., 
Dear S 20th March 1899. 
oos sample reached us this morning, which we have examined 
and compared with other seeds 
The — value is s 9d. per pound. For your ede we 
enclose a sample of Jamaica seed which sells at 3d. per pound, and if 
you will compare the two you will find the Jamaica much be tter. 
The article is used for colouring purposes, chiefly cheese and butter. 
Import last year, about 30 tons, which Paare all demands. 
TS, 
(Signed) co OKrLL & Co. 
[Enclosure No. 3.] 
‘Messrs. PETER LAUER AND Son to ROYAL GARDENS, Krew. 
2, Fowke’s Buildings, 
_ Great Tower Street, E.C., 
Sin, 
We apologise for a tardy aco to your favour and sample of 
Annatto seeds under date 18th in : 4 Y 
se regards the quality of -— idi you submit us from Lagos, we 
chief requisite), pese the seeds appear to us to have been ane or 
pack mp, which renders them liable to mouldiness, the first 
stages of which appear in in the dullness of colour. 
from the sample, we see no reason why the sceds in Lagos 
should not he’ cultivated to an equal point as in Ceylon. The article, 
however, is not one of great consumption, and it would be ill-advised to 
recommend cultivation on a large scale. The question of profit to the 
A. is, of course, determin ed by the actual cost of production at 
gos. The actual "value of th 
VEA. to Da per pout A gt Se eee sed 
à e are, &c. 
(Signed) Peter LAUER AND Son. 
CLI—PRESERVATION OF GRAIN FROM WEEVILS. 
At various times application has been made to Kew for advice in the 
pese of grain from the attacks of weevils. bem the method 
ested in the loes not seem to be generally 
e own, a selection of papers bearing upon the emer is published. 
It is obviously a matter of great importance in écuntries like India, 
where the grain produetion is liable to fluctuation from climatie causes 
from year ‘to year. It may be added that the use of bisulphide ef 
