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March 17th, Tuesday, was set down for Brimmer's Hall and Bailey's 

 Vale. 



The Rev. J. H. W. Graham, under the impression that the people 

 from several districts could easily collect there, thought this would be 

 a good centre, but from some cause or other not a soul appeared. 



March 18th, Wednesday, was the day for Retreat and an extremely 

 useful day made up for Tuesday's blank. About half -past 10 o'clock 

 I started a demonstration on budding in the school yard to fully 50 

 freeholders. They were intensely interested in orange growing, the 

 Retreat District being a very favourable one for the business. Several 

 fine young sour orange stocks were budded with sweet oranges, tangier- 

 ines and grapefruit. All the bigger scholars from the large school 

 at Retreat were also present and were much interested in a demonstra- 

 tion on pruning coffee and cocoa and planting kola, as might be expect- 

 ed from such a gathering of people who have to get their living from 

 the products. No small quantity of questions were asked, the quantity 

 may be imagined when I state that from halfpast 10 until a quarter 

 to two, I was kept fully occupied. 



I then left with Mr. Graham for Jacks River where, in order to make? 

 up for Tuesday's failure, I had consented to give a second demonstration. 



Arriving there at half -past three a demonstration on budding was 

 started at once, continuing with coffee, kola, cocoa, and logwood prun- 

 ing. The cocoa trees here grew very luxuriantly, but one or two were 

 rapidly dying, in my opinion from bad drainage, and an absence of 

 lime in the soil. I explained as plainly and simply as I possibly could 

 the best method of draining the land and the best way to supply the 

 needed lime. 



March 19th, Thursday. Lectured in the School Room at Hampstead 

 to about 70 people, on the cultivation of the soil, draining and 

 manuring in relation to its effects on plants ; giving notice that the 

 following morning at 7 o'clock I would give practical demonstration, 

 in pruning, budding, etc. 



March 30th, Friday. At 7 o'clock I gave a demonstration on one of 

 the properties of Mr. Rudolph at Hampstead in budding, and on an 

 adjoining property on the pruning, planting and general care of cocoa 

 and coffee, two and a half hours being occupied. 



At 11.20 gave a demonstration at Highgate in the field of Mr, 

 Dryden on pruning and planting coffee, cccoa, kola, and in the parson- 

 age grounds on the budding of Oranges, about 40 people attending 

 here. 



By special request of Mr. Swaby no lecture was delivered here, 

 simply the demonstration, as he particularly wished me to go on to 

 Bellfield. 



We arrived there at three o'clock and at once set to work pruning 

 cocoa and coffee and budding oranges in the presence of about 50 

 people. All were much interested in the process explained, keeping 

 me occupied up to a quarter to six, after which I drove to Castleton 

 finishing up at eight o'clock, a day of 13 hours' hard work. 



General Report on Tour. 



Through some misunderstanding the meetings of Quebec, Port Maria, 

 Brimmer's HaQ and Bailey's Vale were not advertised as they should 

 have been and the attendance was poor in consequence ; but at all the 



