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P a a scienc e which is yet in its infancy in this island, and firoagh ignorance. ote 
of which incalculable loss is sustained to growers. His Ex xcellency has | — 

e ta of the bean in the dole The poss obtained wil MES 
lishe : ; 
|» produce the quantitiós of cocoa that can be handled by the Moye and nd 53 
sequently recourse has to be had to the small growers who sell the bean 
in the pod. More education of a technical and less of a classical nature - 
would result in producing such an impetus as would put Jamaica into | 
the forefront of the race for commercial supremacy among cocoa and - 
` coffee growing countries. The usefulness of the Institution at the Hope | 
is making itself felt in a very tangible way, but similar training classes — | 
must be established all over this island before the result desired can be — 
attained. ’ 
Another interesting experiment is being tried at the Hope Gardens — 
in the training of two respectable young Africans destined eventually 
to take charge of rims stations on the west coast. Mr. Fawcett ie 
* reports upon them as follows :— 
“The Government of Lá ros has sent here two apprentices to be 
trained i in practical work at the Botanical Gardens in Jamaica, with 
is á reafter appointing them as ‘working eufdrifénd ioi of the 


that it was not possible with the present staff to undertake any tuition, 
but that if the apprentices had received a good education, they — 
ey are learning t tary practice 
va ope cated eo rper as can 
ex am sa tisfied with their 
dustry in 
e tsluy peoselent 

