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ries are pulped in passing — the beans being delivered through the open 

 ing in the bar, while the skins and pulp are discharged down the shoot 

 between the side frames. 



This machine weighs 76 lbs., and when packed in a case, 116 lbs. 

 Price, packed for shipment, £10. 



16th November, 1894. 



AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, 



Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, trans- 

 mitting a copy of a Letter from Mr. Thiselton-Dyer. 



Copy. 



Downing Street, 



Jamaica.— No. 333. 3rd November, 1894. 



Sir, 



With reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the 

 Botanical Department of Jamaica, and to your recent conference with 

 the Director of Kew Gardens at this Office, I have the honour to trans- 

 mit to you a copy of a letter from Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, enclosing a 

 summary of the subject discussed with you, a summary of the chief 

 services rendered to the Colony by the Jamaica Botanical Department, 

 and a Memorandum on the constitution and functions of a proposed 

 Board of Agriculture. 



I do not doubt that you will give full consideration to the sug- 

 gestions made in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Mr. Thiselton-Dyer's letter. 



I have, etc., 



(Signed.) Eipon. 

 Governor Sir. H. A. Blake, &c. &c. &c. 



Copy. 



Eoyal Gardens, Kew, October 26th, 1894. 



Sir, 



Kef erring to the conference which took place yesterday at the Co- 

 lonial Office with Sir Henry Blake, I have now the honour to transmit 

 to you, for the ioformation of the Secretary of State, the enclosed docu- 

 ments : — 



i. A brief summary of the subjects which were under discussion. 



ii. A short summary drawn up from official records of the chief 

 services rendered to the Colony by the Botanical Department of 

 Jamaica. 



iii. A memorandum on the constitution and functions of a pro- 

 posed Board of Agriculture. 



2. Kew can only bring to a conference of this kind, the fruits of its 

 continuous experience in watching the extension of botanical enterprise 

 in the Colonies and the work of their botanical establishments. How 

 far suggestions made from home can be acted upon in matters of this 

 kind must always be for the consideration of the local Governments, 

 and Kew would not venture to offer an opinion in that respect. 



3. I trust, however, I maybe permitted to say how much I was im- 

 pressed with the intimate knowledge which Sir Henry Blake possessed 

 of everything relating to the material prosperity of the Colony under 

 his charge, and how much I appreciated the courteous consideration 



