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yellow-brown colour. When subjected to the action of solvents, white 

 or red nuts (dried) yield to water, alcohol, acetone or glacial acetic acid, 

 shades of orange and yellow which are so nearly alike that considerable 

 practice is necessary to distinguish between them. The colouring mat- 

 ter of the red nuts is, however, very soluble in dilute mineral acids 

 The white and red varieties may be distinguished by macerating for 

 twenty-four hours in dilute sulphur, c or hydrochloric acid when it will 

 be found that the acid extraction of the red kola is a beautiful red r se, 

 while that of the white seeds is of a light straw colour. Heckel has 

 shown that if the acid extraction is made alkaline with ammonia, that 

 from red nuts assumes a purplish violet ; that from white an ochre-like 

 colour. 



Several observers have noted that the red nuts give a larger percen- 

 tage of moisture ; Heckel gives 46 per cent for white, 56 per cent for 

 red. The same author claims that the white seeds, contain 5 per cent, 

 more caffeine, 7 per cent, more of the peculiar principle, kolanin, than 

 the red. My own experiments tend to confirm the observation that 

 there is an appreciable difference in the amount of gluco^ide found in 

 the white seed as against that found in the red. 



RULES AS TO SALE OF LANDS BY THE GOVERN- 

 MENT OF JAMAICA TO SMALL SETTLERS. 



1. No more than 50 acres will be granted to one purchaser, nor less 

 than 5 acres. 



2. The price at which the lands will be sold may be learnt at the 

 office of the Purveyor General, or from the Bailiffs in chargo of the 

 different parcels. No land will be sold for less than 5/ per acre and 

 the ruling price will be the same as that at which lands in the neigh- 

 bourhood are put in the market. 



3. The Surveyor Greneral on receipt by him of an application in the 

 form endorsed hereon and on deposit of one-fifth of the price of the 

 lands shall cause a survey to be made of the quantity of land applied for, 

 the applicant receivng notice of the time where the survey is to be 

 made. 



4. On the survey being made the applicant shall forthwith be en- 

 titled to possession of the land allotted to him on such survey. 



5. If the applicant shall be dissatisfied with the situation, or con- 

 figuration of the land allotted to him on such survey, and shall within 

 one week after the survey give written notice thereof to the Surveyor 

 General or to the Surveyor who made the survey, or to the Bailiff in 

 charge of the land, and shall deliver up possession of the land, he shall 

 be entitled to a refund of one-half of the amount deposited by him as 

 above and his application shall be deemed to be withdrawn. 



6. If such notice shall not be given, or possession delivered, the 

 applicant shall at the end of one week after the survey be deemed to be 

 the purchaser of and to be in possession of the land allotted to him on 

 such survey, and as soon thereafter as practicable a certificate shall be 

 delivered to him by the Surveyor General, who shall keep a duplicate 

 of such certificate in his office. 



