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of the fruit have made arrangementp with local «liop- 
keepers for regular consignments of fruit from Kudat. 
On one point of Mr. Walker lays etress, as upon it 
the sncossr of the fruit export trade depends. Two 
baskets of pinespplei arrived crushed and unsaleable, 
and the storage of the bananas on board the steamer 
was Capable of improvement) as the fruit ripened too 
rapidly and caused a waste. Itoubtless our shipping 
Itiend’e will see to ibis as we believe a very little 
encouragement is required to enable a very l*rge fruit 
trade to be opened up with other ports than Sandskau 
where fruit is notoriously dear and unobtainable. 
Mr Walker speaks with admiration of the coffee 
planted by the Hnkkas at Kudat ai d of the otaoge 
aud lime trees with their golden trait and also 
of the roads lately made by Mr. Little, _ the 
Aoting Besident, bnt adds that, unless carts are intro- 
dueed, it will be impotsibla to transport the frnit. 
Much the same may bo said of Sandakan, where outly- 
ing Chinese complain bitterly of the oo .t of ooolie traus- 
poit, 
A few sago trees arc being cut down and worked on 
‘•bo Bojtrice, and the operations in counootiou with 
sKgii insking may be seen in progrese on a small soalo 
ill the centre of the race ooiirso. Tiiese operations 
though curious and interesting, are not calculated to 
increase onc’a fondness for sago as an article of diet. 
Those being the first sago trees cultivated on this 
coast, tlifir coming to maturity marks a new departure, 
and, now, it is seen bow snooessfnily stgo can be grown 
it is to be hoped that sago planting will be taken in 
hand seriously, more especially as the price of sago is 
very high now, and ns it depends larsoly upon the price 
of rtuur for which it is uteri asa aohsiitoti., there s-cems 
every probability of its remaining up.— IS, N. IS, IfcraSd, 
lot Jan. 
MINOll INDUSTRlliS. 
A BAiuUDos SHOP ra London, new york and Montreal 
PROPOSED— AN E.XAMPI.E FOR CFVLON TO FOLLOW ? 
lo face of the increasing competition to which 
our staple, sugar, is being subjocted — in face of 
the oontinuiil diaplaoemont of the Cano by the 
Beet, it seems to us that wo should take steps 
to foster ether industries on which we might fall 
hack, should it ever be our miafortiino to find tlio 
production of sugar unprofitublo. It is of no use, 
however, for us to know how to grow this 
anil that vogeniblo or fruit, unless wo can 
convert it into a marketable commodity. And 
tvo must first oreato a demand fur our minor 
Produots ; otherwise they will not be forthcoming in 
SulUoient ijuantity and of eniliaiently good quality 
Jb amount to much in the sum total of our exports, 
"ow sliall wo develop that demand ? how shall wo 
Ret it ready beforohand to meet our possible want 
come day of a market for other of our produce 
hosidsB sugar ? 
'Vfl have a suggestion to offer. It is, that the 
Rovernment should subsidise the maintenanoe of a 
?mall shop in some part of London, and later 
m New York and Montreal, where fruits, vegetables, 
preserves, pioklea, fancy work, any anything else 
''m can produee might be sold, with the proviso 
that all goods sent to such a Barbadian depiM should 
“rst ho sampled hero and saeu to bo of good quality. 
We might thus in ton or fifteen years establish a 
repulation that might be most sorvioeable to us in the 
future, It is important that none but the best 
class of preserves of fruit should ha on sale at snob 
a mart, Taraarinds, as iireai rvod by us tor our own 
use, ate delicious ; as they are sold in the London 
shops presorvod in molasses, they aro far from this. 
At present the demand for preserved tamarinds 
nueluates. One year someone will make money off 
a speoulation in this article : the next year he will 
sink hia gains. Whal in our opinion is wanted, is 
R ooQtinpQns demand for a properly preservod fruit — 
with the brand Harhadian on it as a guarantee of 
its quality. 
There are many of our minor prodnots that would 
take in England, if properly pusned and advertised. 
Cassava oakes, for instance. We have repeatedly 
sent them to England and received most hearty 
expressions of thanks in return, and assurances of 
the way in which they have been enjoyed. We ere 
assured that if people in England knew of the exis- 
tence of these things and knew where in London 
they could go and get them oi the best sort, there 
would _ be a large demand for them. And an acre 
will give a deal of cassava. Oassarepe fetches 
in London some six shillings for a small 
bottle. Guava Jelly is appreciated by Eoglish 
people when it is well flavoured with guava. 
As a rule they think it too sweet and tssteless. It 
might become (or us as proper and extensively 
used there as pine apple jam is. 
Next take some of our frnit. Oranges are them 
in abundance. Wc should gain not very muoli 
perhape by those, unless we could put them fresh 
in the market at a time when other sonreea of 
supply fail, but wo have Shaddooks. Now Eng- 
lish people know little of tjbaddoeks. But who, 
that has tasted a tSwan's Shaddock, would hesitate 
in pronouncing this as incomparably the best fruit 
we produce. There aro Shaddocks and Shaddocks. 
Some dry and bitter, some juicy and delioious. It 
is besides a fruit that keeps admirably. Wo all 
know that. Speaking with an old planter a week 
or two sinoe, he assured ua that a friend had 
written from England to tell him that a Shaddock 
ho had sent as a present, was still good at tho 
end of three months. We queried some 
mistake in this, but were assured it was 
the ease. Three months is a long while for a 
fruit to keep, but we can readily believe Shaddocks 
would keep long iu England. And they would be 
largely bought, ospeoially tho elarot variety, if only 
pushed and arivertizod, and none but the best 
varieties suffered to find their way to the Barbados 
Mart, 
tVhat is tho use of our yearly display of jams, and 
jollies, and presorves, and fruit and vegetables, 
and fancy work at tho Agrioultural Society's Exhi- 
bitions if we do not endeavour to turn these things 
into marketable oomrnoditios ? Yams are much 
appreoiated in England, bhrmgh t,hey do not keep 
Well there ; good sweet potatoes are uUo appreoiated. 
Of eddoos they have never heard. What a nice 
thin soup eddoes would givo for a change, it they 
only know of it 1 
Attached to this Barbados matt should be a small 
Besianrant, where our vegetables properly oookod, 
with our fruits and preserves, might bo tasted. What 
a boon it would be to a West Indian straggler in 
London to have such a place to go to ! A small 
subsidy — the rent of the premises say, might be 
euffioient to induce some energetic person to take 
the matter up and push his own interest and ours 
together by conducting such a Barbados Mart and 
Il'istaurant, in Uotborn, or wherever else thought 
best . — Barbados Agricultural Gazette, 
BAIIK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
JjONDoN, Jan. 27th. 
Cinchona. — The pm’ioRioal auctions which took place on 
Tuesilay wore the liuiviost that have hoen hold in London 
for neveral months. They inoliuleJ 
Packages. Packages. 
l.iss ol,whioh 1,112 were sold 
Ooylon... 
East Indian 
Java ... 
BoathJAmerioan 
African West OoasC 
l,3dt 
S.’i 
1,017 
128 
3,70:! 
1,208 
111 
.347 
123 
2.821 
