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Fawcett, T. Capper, Dr. C. B. Mosse, S. C. Burke : Their Lordships 

 the Bishop of Jamaica and Bishop "Gordon, Rev. H. H. Isaacs and 

 A. Robinson, Esq. On Christmas Eve Mrs. Cradwick, as on other 

 Public Holidays distributed gifts of different kinds to the boys from, 

 herself, Miss Cooper of St. Andrew, and Miss Usher and Mrs. McRea 

 of Kingston. This kindness was much appreciated by all the boys. 

 The boys were jail allowed to join the Annual Treat at Shortwood 

 Industrial School on the 6th January — being kindly invited by Miss 

 Johnson. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves as on former occasions. 

 A free MagicLantern Entertainment was kindly given in the School 

 Toom by Messrs. C. J. Brandon and Son of Kingston on the 24th 

 March. It was greatly enjoyed by the boys. Mr. (J. H. Grossett of 

 Port Antonio was good enough to present the School with a number 

 of coco-nut sprouts — a gift which was also much appreciated." 



Reports on Practical Instruction. 

 The following reports are by Mr. Cradwick ; — 

 Portland and St. Mary. 



I beg to make the following Report on demonstrations given in. 

 Portland and St. Mary :— 



Tuesday, 14th April, 1896. Tranquillity. Demonstrated in the 

 School room to about 70 of the School children, afterwards in the 

 ground of Mr. Robt. W. Murray, on the planting of kola, chocolate, 

 coffee, budding of oranges, pruning of chocolate and coffee. Gave 

 instraction as to the curing of coffee and cocoa, and distributed 

 leaflets on growing and curing cocoa and kola. 



Mr. Murray has made good use of the instruction imparted to him 

 during my previous visits, andwas very pleased to see me back again 

 to get still further instruction His cultivation of over thirty acres 

 of cocoa, coffee and kola is very creditable to him. 



Three other land owners attended the demonstration, and these also 

 testified to the benefits they had derived from the demonstrations ; they 

 ■were particularly interested in the orange budding. 



Kola, coffee, cocoa and oranges all grow most luxuriantly. I 

 measured kola trees 2 years of age, which were 14 feet high. The 

 trees had leaves over 20 inches in length. Kola plants 10 months old 

 had attained a height of 5 feet. An orange tree 3 years old bore 112 

 oranges. A tree from seeds planted December, 1893, bore in Autumn 

 of 1895 eighteen fruits. 



Wednesday, loth. Charles Town. Gave a demonstration in the fields 

 of Mr Jos. Welsh early in the morning, on budding oranges, pruning 

 cocoa, coffee, and also dilated strongly on the evils of crowding plants, 

 and of mixing up crops. 



There were a good many kola trees about 10 years of age, none of 

 ■which fruited before they were 7 years old. But I do not think that 

 they can be taken as a fair test as to the time trees would bear in the 

 locality, as they were planted far too near to coco-nuts, to say nothing 

 of cocoa, bananas, canes, etc., which must have retarded the fruiting 

 period for some 2 or 3 years. Then a demonstration was given in the 

 fields of Mr. Prestwich, who had attended previous demonstrations in 

 Mr. Sutherland's fields, and had honestly endeavoured to carry out the 

 instructions given. But as his cocoa and coffee were much older than. 



