die and arc replaced hv mrics on which Mowers .'i]>| >»■:» r- at all the upper 

 joints. I saw two dead clumps which had fruited. 



The joints are often over 7 feet in length. The longest joint of :i 

 cane is generally the third or Fourth from the ground. The Seman-s 



small oiicslor the inner tmV They straighten them over a lire when 

 green, and hang them up in ihe smoke oi their cooking places to dry. 

 They appear to grow in two places only in Perak. That is on the 



specimens now sent were obtained, 



The parcel goes by this mail, and I hope will reach you in safety. 



(Signed) ' L. Wkay. 



CCXCIII.— CLOVE INDUSTRY OF ZANZIBAR. 



An account of the agricultural resources of the island of Zanzibar was 

 given in the Kcw Btdletin for April 1892, p. 87, and reference was 

 made to a report on the same subject prepared by Sir Gerald Portal 

 and issued by the Foreign Office (Annual Series, 1892, No. 982). 

 Another report has now been issued by the Foreign Office on the 

 "Spice and other cultivation of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands," prepared 

 for Sir Gerald Porter by Mr. FitzGerald, a specialist on tropical 

 agriculture in the employment of the Imperial British Kast Africa 

 Company.* From this l.-uter rcnoit the following extract is taken 

 respecting the clove industry of Zanzibar and Pemba. 



vation of Zanzibar, and "grown, wherever Ihp <oil is suitable! from the 

 large and extensive plantations belonging to the Sultan and his family 

 to the few trees owned by the more humble cultivator. 



The soil of Zanzibar, with the exception, however, of that of Pemba, 



which excels it in this respect, is ■ inted for this 



cultivation. The soil most -nimble for "clove cultivation is "a dark 



. ml : and the finest trees were ; dwa\ - cither -rowim- on 

 clav. or else a still* dark red to darker chocolate soil. 



The elove tree (( a^u/,/,////^ an.^nn^) is a native of ,],e Moluc 



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