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of getting pictures printed in the Straits is not as great as in former 

 years, but it is apt to be rather long in being done and there are no 

 means of doing really good work here yet. It is certain however 

 that tropical agriculture is very much behind hand in use of ma- 

 chinery, and it is quite time that we should elaborate our cultivation 

 in this direction. 



H. N. R. 



THE ALLIGATOR APPLE. 



BOTANIC STATION, 



Belize, British Honduras, 



August i^th, 1906. 



My DEAR SIR, — In your Agricultural Bulletin for December, 

 1905, I notice a short note on the Alligator Apple (Anona palustris) 

 stating that this fruit is scarcely eaten, etc. 



Contrary to this, in this place where the Alligator Apple grows 

 plentifully on the low swampy ground around Belize town, the ripe 

 Alligator Apple is greedily eaten by the natives — men, women and 

 children — without any evil consequences whatever. The ripe fruit 

 has a sweet tempting smell which generally attracts a hunt for 

 every fruit possible. 



Yours faithfully, 



E. G. F. CAMPBELL. 



AGRICULTURAL SHOWS IN 

 BRITISH AFRICA. 



LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. 

 Institute of Commercial Research in the Tropics, 



Public Museums, 

 Liverpool, 20th September, 1906. 



DEAR Sir, — I have the honour to inform you that we are en- 

 deavouring to form an exhibit to send out to the Agricultural Shows 

 which are to be held on the Gold Coast, and in Lagos, West Coast 

 of Africa, early in November. Such exhibit will afterwards be 

 permanently housed in an Agricultural Institute now being formed 

 at Abeokuta. 



The object of sending out this exhibit is twofold; first, educa- 

 tional, to instruct the natives in the best methods of growing their 

 crops and preparing their produce; and secondly, commercial, to 

 give an impetus to British manufacturers, and to the West African 

 trade. 



The exhibit may be divided into two parts, first, apparatus and 

 appliances, and second, economic products. 



