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looking with scarcely any young growths on them. So impressed is 

 the man with the good of the lime that he has burnt a large kiln solely 

 for the purpose of manuring the rest of the coffee. 



The people in this district are anxious to try other cultures, and I 

 advised them to try grapes, pine-apples and tobacco and gave them in- 

 structions how to grow them. 



"Wednesday, 26th. — Lectured at Sturge Town. This is a new centre. 

 The people have excellent land, yet make very little use of it. They 

 were however quite interested and anxious to gain information, — one 

 man remarking that he thought it a great pity that the Grovernment 

 had not thought of sending lecturers round thirty years ago. 



As a result of my visit I may mention that the following plants 

 have been ordered solely by small settlers through the Rev. Geo. Hen- 

 derson. 



Stepney. 



62 Kola. 



3 Nutmegs. 



Grateful Hill. 



16 E/ipley Pines. 

 16 Grape Yines. 



6 Kola. 

 12 Chocolate. 



2 Cocoa. 



Sturge Town. 



24 Pines. 

 18 Kola. 

 30 Nutmegs. 



Lower Buxton. 



12 Nutmegs. 

 6 Kola. 

 6 Grapes. 



4 Cocoa Pods. 



Thursday 27th. — Yisited Rev. J. P. Hall, relative to plants required 

 for the Brown's Town Church Yard. Yisited Hon. Dr. Johnston, and 

 discussed with him the prospects of introducing new cultures among 

 the people of St. Anns. The conclusion arrived at being that it would 

 be better to try to get the people to improve their present cultures ra- 

 ther than risk introducing cultures which might turn out failures ; the 

 exception being articles which could be used as food by the peasantry 

 about which there could be little risk. 



Yisited Mr. Braham's coffee cultivation at Moneague, discussing 

 pruning, shading and manuring. 



Friday 28th. — Yisited the orange grove of Mr. Conran, at Wood- 

 field, Mr. Conran has planted very large groves in the most approved 

 style wholly with budded stock. 



Westmoreland, St. James and Hanover. 



Monday, 27th Sept. — Lectured in the School Room at Bruce Hall 

 (Retrieve Bridge) to an appreciative audience, nearly all of whom are 

 land owners, chiefly on the tillage of the soil, draining, etc., explain- 

 ing how the general principles laid down affect all crops. 



The Rev. P. Williams, of Bethel Town, Yice- President of the Lambs 

 Biver Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, presided. The 



