ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
— 2 EM 
No. 96. IN DECEMBER. [1894. 
CCCCXXV.—CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN DOMINICA. 
Dominiea (Kew Bulletin, 1891, p. 115), is = largest and most 
southerly of the Leeward Group in the West contains 
291 square nis and has a population of about 29, 500. The principal 
town is Roscau on the south-west coast. The surface is very moun- 
tainous, and ;abundantly clothed with vegetation, and in — every 
valley there is a. clear running stream of water. The climate, for the 
tropies, is generally cool and pleasant. The rate of mortality i is 15-6 
pe The rainfall is abundant and regular, All the high eleva- 
tions are covered with virgin forests, and only about 20,000 acres out of 
a total cf 186,436 acres are now under cultivation. In fact, this 
beautiful and fertile island is quite undeveloped. 
A full account of the fruits of Dominica, by Dr. A. Alford Nicholls, 
F.L.S., was published in the Kew Bulletin, 1888 (pp. 197-214). 
general review of the island and its agricultural resources was given by 
Mr. Morris in the report of his mission to the West Indies in 1890-91 
(Kew Bulletin, dne pp. 115-119). In this report was also included a 
description of the steps taken to start the Botanie Station at Roseau. 
Information of a later date respecting the work of the station is given in 
the Kew Bulletin, 1893 (pp. 148 and 359). Since that time the affairs 
of Dominica have occupied a good we of attention. A Report of e 
Royal Commission appointed September 1893, to inquire into the co 
dition and affairs of the island of Dominica has lately been Sinni 
to Kew by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 
Corowxian Orrice to Rovar GARDENS, Kew. 
Downing Street, 
Sir, 3rd November 1894. 
I am directed by the marques: of Ripon to transmit to you a 
y of the recently Lenin report of Sir. R. G. C. Hamilton upon 
the bod of Domin 
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