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industry, the improved curing of cacao, and experiments in the cultiva- 
tion ed spices, cola, and gambier 
— for Barbados on board the R.M.S. “ Medway” on 
February 10 
BARBADOS. 
February 10th to February l4th.—The impression carried away 
ас С 
hem for so many years. ` Iç is to be hoped that what tina bean 
done in Jamaica will encourage the smaller islands.. They should 
not, {= anas; merely copy the Jamaica industries, because they happen 
at the time to be remunerative. This isa weak point in most of our 
tropical possessions. There are hundreds of small industries spited to 
the West India Islands where there would be little danger of crowding 
the markets. Each island possesses its special circumstances, and if 
these are intelligently and carefully studied there ought to be little 
culty in : selecting. such industries as. shall prove permanently 
тетипега уе. 
While at Jamaica I received the following letter from Barbados :— 
The COLONIAL Secretary; Barbados, to Mr. Morris. 
Colonial Secretary’s gro Barbados, 
DEAR ve "M January 23, 189 
as been represented to the Governor by the ding member 
of the ук t ait and Horticultural Societies in this island, that bétoréi 
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subject of "s interest. lam bodes directed by his Excellency to 
communicate to you that such a lecture from you would be highly 
appreciated by the community of Barbados, and that you will confer 
an obligation on the Colony and on the Government if you can make it 
convenient to deliver one. 
brief reply by telegram will oer assist us in making timely 
arrangements in case such should be necess 
cei &c. 
(Signed) С. A. KrNG-HARMAN. 
D. Morris, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 
I consented Se give the wa on the 14th February, the day the 
“ Medway” was expected to t at Barbados. We duly ar i at 
6 a.m. on the morning of the "a: and I went ashore early, 
м io observe the method adopted for the preparation of Вега 
3. This old industry still survives in one remote corner of the 
ао, and with the kind as indie of Mr. J. R. Bovell I was able to 
arrange to drive out to Dodd, and from thence to the College estate, 
