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also be deepened and built up. A water tank for holding rainwater 
is urgently needed for the supply of good drinking water for the 
house. Good water is essential in the tropics. Often the water 
here is practically unfit for use. 
FENCES AND OUTHOUSES. 
ll. The wire fence erected around the Station in 1895, is keeping 
in good condition. It is as strong now as when first erected, 
The posts are of the Run palm, and, so far, are free from the attacks 
of white ants. The gates and gate-posts were painted and tarred 
before the rains. 
The outhouses of cane and grass have suffered badly from the 
ravages of the white ants, and will require rebuilding. This 
should be done as early as possible as the ants are destroying the 
tools, seeds, &c., stored in these buildings. 
ECONOMIC PLANTS. 
in the nursery before I went on leave, but apparently failed to 
produce plants. I have now planted more seed so as to have 
young plants before the coming rains. 
13. Kola (Cola acuminata).—The plants left in the nursery 
were transplanted into their permanent places during the rainy 
season. 
14. Cotton.—There has been a fairly good crop of cotton picked 
from the plants grown last year. It is of good quality, with a 
long staple. : 
15. Jute (Corchorus olitorius).—The seed of this plant was 
again sown and better results were gained than on the previous 
occasion. The ground was prepared and seed sown on the north 
this year two months earlier. The oduced was a very fair 
sample for a first trial. We shall be able to produce a much 
larger and finer crop next season. The plant to be successful 
fail through not having sufficient room to grow, 
The following notes were taken on the crop which produced 
the sample of fibre submitted to the Dundee Jute Growers’ Asso- 
ciation. 
The area of land sown was about a quarter of an acre. The 
Seed was sown on June 13. Cutting the plants was begun on 
October 11. Retting the stems took twenty days. The number 
