JAMAICA. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, 



New Series.] AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1894. Pa rt°s8&9 . 



SHIPPING BANANAS AND PINE APPLES TO THE 

 LONDON MARKET. 



Mr. Gerald, of Messrs. J. B. Thomas, Ship Brokers, Covent Garden, 

 states that large bunches of bananas, well selected, well packed, and 

 arriving in good condition, obtain a price varying from 18s. to 35s. 

 per bunch. 



He advises that the bunches should be packed in crates — one bunch 

 to a crate. Each bunch should be rolled once in a sheet of cotton- 

 wool, and then wrapped in paper, which may be waste newspaper, or 

 any other kind of paper. 



The crates should have the shippers' mark on outside, and also a 

 letter or number to indicate whether first class or second class. 



It is better to ship by way of New York their agent there (Mr. 

 Thos. P. Wallace, 187 Reade St.) would decide whether to forward or 

 not. ' As soon as a shipment reaches Liverpool, fruit would either be 

 sold there or sent on to London, according to the state of the market. 

 From New York through freight would be paid to London, 

 and if stopped at Liverpool, deduction would be made for rail between 

 Liverpool and London. 



Pine Apples should be wrapped in paper, and packed tight in 

 crates, 24 to 30 in each crate. Those from Florida get from Is. to 

 2s. each, those from St. Michaels 6s. to 8s. each. 



TODD'S MACHINE FOR SISAL HEMP. 



Hon. Col. Secretary, to Director af Public Gardens and Plantation, 



10th July, 1894. 



Sir, 



I am desired by the Officer Administering the Government to for- 

 ward herewith, for your information, a copy of a Despatch from the 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies, with enclosures relative to a 

 Machine for extracting Fibre from Sisal Hemp now in successful 

 operation in the Bahamas. 



I have, &c, 



(Signed) J. Allwood, 



