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Stocks on Dec. 31, of following years, follows : Maracaibo, 1900 ; 

 38,354 bags ; 1899, 7,323 ; 1898, 30,488 ; 1897, 37,800; 18t>6, 19,000 ; 

 ' 1895, 47,200. La Guayra, 1900, 4,039; 1899, 187 ; 1898, 4,866; 1897 

 400; 1896,1,600; 1895, 3,700; 1894,1,001. Coro, 1901, 3,499; 

 1899,450; 1898, nil; 1897, nil; 1896, 150; 1895.3,000; 1894, 300bags. 

 Savanilla, 1900,12,384; 1899, 6,222; 1898, 21,885 ; 1897, 20,800; 

 1896, 12,000; 1895, 21,000, and 1894 3,619 bags. Mexican, 1900, 

 2,648; 1899, 3,252; 1898, 5,749; 1897, 17,000; 1896, nil; 1895, 

 4,000; 1894, nil. Central American, 1900, 3,802; 1899, 2,454; 

 1898, 2,871 ; 1897 ; 5,500 ; 1896, 4,500 ; 1895, 7,000 ; 1894, 836 bags 

 Jamaica, 1900, 2,370; 1899, 997; 1898, 2,^86; 1897,700; 1896, 

 1,700 ; 1895, 1,370, and 1894, 2,360 bags. (Gleaner). 



CHOICE VARIETIES OF BANANA. 



Notb by Mr. Watson of Kew Gardens in Gardeners' Chronicle. 



On the subject of BanaDas worth cultivating, I might point out the 

 numerous delicious- fruited varieties which are yet unknown to the 

 ordinary consumer of Bananas, which are as superior to what he gets 

 from his greengrocer or fruiterer as Cox's Orange Pippin is to a Crab. 

 A selection of the best of these first-rate varieties has been got together 

 at Kew, and two years ago sixteen were sent to the new Agricultural 

 Department in the West Indies to be distributed from Uominica. 

 They bear 6uch names as "Pisang Kelat," "Pisang Radji," " Pisang 

 Mas," " Ham Kela," " Champa," " Lady's Finger," &c. Some of these 

 have fruited at Kew. 



" Earn Kela" has cylindrical brown-red fruits 6 to 8 inches long, 

 and 2 inches in diameter, and the flesh is a rich yellow colour, with a 

 flavour of Pine-apple. If the banana of the shops is worth a penny, 

 then " Earn Kela" is worth a shilling; 



ADDITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 

 DEPARTMENT. 



Library. 



(Journals, Pamphlets, &c.) 

 Europe. 



British Isles. 



Annals of Botany, Dec. 1900. [Purchased ] 



Botanical Magazine, Jan. [Purchased.] 



British Trade Journal, Jan. [Editor.] 



Chemist and Druggist, Dec. 29, Jan, 5, 12, 19. [Editor.] 



Colonial Reports, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. \ rr i i o 



Foreign Office Reports, Sept. Nov., Dec. J ^ oL > bec, -l 



Garden, Dec. 29, Jan. 5, 12, 19. [Purchased.] 



Gardeners' Chronicle, Dec. 29. Jan. 5, 12, 19. [Purchased.] 



International £ugar Journal, Jan. [Editor.] 



Journal Board of Agri., England, Dec. [Sec. Board of Agri.] 



Journal of Botany, Jan. [Purchased.] 



Journal, Dept. of Agri. and Technical Instruction for Ireland, First Year. 



No. 2 Nov. 1900. [Purchased.] 

 Journal Royal Colonial Institute, Jan. 



Microscopy, Illustrated Annual of, London, 1898, 1900. [Purchasad.] 

 Mature, Dec. 27, Jan. 3, 10, 17. [Purchased.] 



