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compiled some two years ago by Mr. A. B. C. Francis, at that time 
Secretary to the Governor, from figures collected wherever in existence. 
From this chart and inspection of all available returns it may be said, 
that, while the East Coast has a fairly clearly defined wet season from 
October or November until March or April, the West Coast and In- 
terior have no very definite wet or dry seasons. A combined curve 
for all stations falls slightly from January till June, rising again to- 
wards December. 
No abnormal temperatures were recorded. 
Estates. 
The returns submitted with the Protector’s annual report shew 
that there are 29 Estates planting Rubber only, and 8 Tobacco only. 
Three plan both these products. Five confine their attention to Coco- 
nuts, and one to pepper and gambier. In addition 4 companies were 
employed in cutting timber, in 10 Camps, two companies worked 
mangrove for cutch, one prospected for oil and one for minerals. 
Labourers. 
On January 1st, there were in the State 10,842 persons working 
on verbal or written contracts under the Labour Laws ; this number 
had increased to 17,594 by the end of the year, the nationalities being 
as follows; — Chinese 10,683, Javanese 3,726, Malays and Natives 3,185. 
The total number of labour contracts signed during the year was 
11,877. 
DISEASES OF PINE-APPLES. 
Part I. 
In the last number of the Agricultural News , some account was 
given of the fungus Thielaviopsis paradoxa, which causes diseases of 
the pine-apple, as well as of other host plants. It is proposed to 
give, in this and a subsequent article, an account of the pine-apple 
diseases due to this parasite, and of certain other diseases of different 
origin found on pine-apples in Hawaii. These are described in Bulletin 
IO of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ 
Association. The matter is believed to be of some interest, as most 
of these diseases would appear to occur in the West Indies also, 
more particularly in Antigua, where they have been made the subject 
of one or two preliminary investigations; the latest of these was 
conducted during the pine-apple season of last year. This investi- 
gation yielded some information as to the insects commonly found 
on pine-apples in Antigua, and on their distribution throughout the 
parts examined. Owing however, to the fact that the black heart 
disease, which was that especially under investigation, cannot be 
detected form the outside of the fruit, and to the fact that this was 
much rarer in that year than it had been for some time, nearly all the 
