July, 1912.] 



Miscellaneous. 



The principal buildings and the labor- 

 atories of the station are situated at 

 nearly 3,000 ft. above sea-level. 



An area of about 250 acres has aire ady 

 been cleared of forest preparatory to 

 being cultivated, and about 30 miles of 

 roads have already been built on the 

 estate. The following figures will give 

 some idea of the importance of the 

 available material of the station. 



During the year 1910-1911, 402 consign- 

 ments were made, of which 359 to private 

 persons and 43 to State Institutions ; 

 they comprised 8,169 plants, 45 packages 

 grasses, 1,002 cuttings and 700 bulbs 

 besides 2,927 parcels of seeds grown for 

 the most part on the land of the station. 

 It is expected that in the current year 

 the number of plants aod seeds to be 

 distributed will be much greacer. 



lhe Institute has devoted a good deal 

 of its activity to the study of improved 

 methods of growing and preparing tropi- 

 cal produce. Thus, for rubber, by 

 adopting a new method of coagulation it 

 has been possible to diminish consider- 

 ably the cost of production ; in the pre- 

 paration of camphor and the gathering 

 of cinchona bark the new methods intro- 

 duced have been attended by excellent 

 results. The bark obtained bears com- 

 parison with the Java bark in every 

 respect. 



The pioduction of essential oils, of 

 tanning matter and of dyestuffs has 

 also received much attention. 



Important experiments have been 

 carried out in the cultivation of various 

 kinds of maize, the best of which have 

 already been distributed to European 

 and native growers. Henceforward a 

 greater development will be given to 

 the cultivation of rice and, generally, to 

 irrigated crops. 



The laboratory of plant pathology has 

 been very busy and every effort is being 

 made to spread information as to the 

 best means of controlling the disease of 

 the plants, and insect pests. Manuring 

 experiments are carried on not only at 

 the Amani station but also in private 

 properties. The chemical laboratory has 



analysed a great number of soils and the 

 employes of the station, at every re- 

 quest, visit private properties with the 

 object of supplying practical inform- 

 ation and advising as to the methods of 

 cultivation which, in the experiments 

 carried out, have been attended by suc- 

 cess. 



During the winter the course of tropi- 

 cal agriculture was attended by 24 

 farmers and 4 employes of the Station. 



Consultations by letter have also in- 

 creased very much. The station has 

 answered 333 questions put by i irmers 

 asking for information on various sub- 

 jects connected with agriculture r„nd be- 

 yond the limits of the Colony ; 72 items 

 of information were forwarded to pri- 

 vate enquirers and 151 to institutions. 



At present the propaganda of the sta- 

 tion is carried on by Der Pfianzer, a 

 newspaper that is published at Dar-es- 

 salam. More important; publications are 

 the " Berichte uber Land-und borstwirt- 

 schaft fur Deutsch Ost-Afrika," 



Lastly it may be mentioaed that 

 among the annexes of the Ama ni station 

 there is a building for the accommodation 

 of visitors ; these are for the most part 

 Europeans that have settled in the 

 colony, students, and farmers and em 

 ployes of the neighbouring English and 

 Italian colonies. 



PHILIPPINE EXPOSITIONS. 



(From the Philippine Agricultural 

 Review, Vol. V., No. 4, April, 1912 ) 



The First Philippine Exposition was 

 opened to the public at 4 o'clock on the 

 afternoon of Eebruary 3, 1912. It con- 

 tinued for a period of ten days, closing 

 on the evening of February 12. 



Considered as a whole, the Exposition 

 was an unqualified success. The pro- 

 vincial and Insular exhibits, which have 

 been formerly a part of the Carnival, 

 were far superior to those oi previous 

 years. The new features of which the 

 more prominent were the machinery and 

 commercial exhibits, were highly satis- 

 factory and contributed in no small 



