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In the evening, at the request of the members of the agen 
Society, I gave an address in the Court House. His Hon the 
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experimental cultivation of tobacco undertaken at St. Lucia in 1882- 
; * Forests of St. Lucia,” by Mr. E. D. M. Hooper; and 
the Crown Lands' s owe passed in Executive Council on the 5th 
November 1890. In the latter (section xi.) it is stated that “Sales (ot 
* Crown lands) by Via shall be for cash, or on such other terms 
“ and conditions as may, with the approval of the Governor-in- Council, 
** be specified in the notice of sale. 
* In the case of private sales, payment shall be by four equal annual 
“ instalments, the first of which shall be one year after the date of the 
* deposit, and the others on the corresponding date in each of the next 
ar Е years. 
* To encourage the атаа of economic plants, the final payment 
" wil be returned to a certain number of purchasers of Crown lands 
* under these regulations, "ha are able to show good progress in this 
* direetion, in the fourth year after the date of the de eposit. ants 
* may be obtained [from the Botanical Station] free of charge." 
December 23.—The morning was spent at the Botanical Station. A 
plan was furnished by the Colonial Engineer, and on this various sug- 
gestions were entered for completing the planting up of the land, It 
was arranged that the plots at the Station should be numbered according 
to the plan, and а m progress reports should refer particularly to the 
operations carried o on each one. The best position for the office, 
nurseries, and MC siete was considered to be the land to the south-east, 
oa at on e it was intended to have a lawn tennis е This 
and aleran ti to me to be unsuitable for that purpose, as it would not 
> likely to carry а good turf; and besides, if the small ; area available at 
this Station for the exper rimental cultivation of economie plants is taken 
into consideration, it is not desirable to reduce it still further by T 
а portion of it to a lawn tennis ground. If the additional land adjoin 
the present yer were acquired by Government, the matter roit 
then very w ей o me under consideration, 
аат to Die ck me up at Vieux Fort and cross over to St. Vincent. A 
sloop was kindly engaged for me by Mr. Chastanet, and it left with my 
baggage at 6 o’e clock. 
Sree 24.—I was up this morning at 4.30, and rode down to take 
the coasting steamer, leaving Castries at 6 o'clock for hag ufriere. І 
arrived at the latter place soon after 8 o'clock. Along the coast there 
were numerous valleys extending inland, in whieh there were cultivations 
f sugar-eane and cocoa-nuts. The ridges especially in the Canaries 
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