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" * At first I was anxious to get my laud planted up, so rated what- 

 ever seed I could get. Now I select and replace a bad variety with a 

 good one whenever opportunity offers.' 



" • Do you grow other products with your young Cacao ? ' 



" ' Always; such crops as yams, i:iinii.i-I <-.i-^.-i\ :t. and canes come 

 well wiih young Cacao, and, in my opinion, rather do it good ihnn 

 otherwise, besides yielding catch crops of considerable value.' 



" ' What process do you adopt in picking and curing. Do yea separate 

 llie diil'erent varieties I.elWe -wealing?' 



" < With a small cultivation like mine it would he difRcnlt to get a 

 sullieient quantity of Criollo or any other variety at any one time to set 

 up separate sweating boxes. 1 se'e the advantages of it, and regret that 



CCCXII.— GAMBIER IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 



A full account of the G-ambier plant and the preparation of com 

 mercial Gambier. u-ed for tanning purposes, was given in the Kvi 

 liiillfti,,. ISSi), pp. -17 .">!. Sine that time an attempt has heen mad 



(Signed) William M. 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dver, Esq., C.M.G., 

 lioval ( iardens, Kew. 



