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PROCEEDINGS OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
The cultivation of the cane carried on apart from tk 
tnanufaeture of sugar ought to improve, for the grower will 
have all facility to till the soil at the proper time, and to 
give it full attention and care during the dry season whet 
under present circumstances it is next to impossible for the 
manager of a, factory growing its total supply of cane to do so, 
as his attention must be bestowed chiefly on the manufacture, 
and the main part of his labor in gathering the crop. Let the 
cultivation, even if it be in the same ownership, be in the bands 
ot men unconnected with the work of the factory, and attention 
wi e profitably given to the necessary trials and experiments 
,° , a - ) °ut an increased yield. We require special attention 
to the application of manures and selection of plants. Although 
^ is e c ut> of the Agricultural Chemist to prepare the former, 
his formula will be eagerly experimented upon by all growers 
f 111 e the scientific Botanist will always find cus- 
° ^ a . su PPty plants from him if he succeeds in 
cultivated** ^ 10 any way su P erior to those now commonly 
and tir f :.^ min % "'*11 again lead to the growing of provisions 
“th mea 1, 7 I'T. ’ and after a «me supply the country 
neighbours. ve S eta bles, upon which we now depend on onr 
when "i vTn<!7.v!° n0r suggest to the Royal Commissioners 
follow °the sett/ 611C f , be ^ ore them the advantages that would 
lands now 7 f™ 1 ' fa ™ers of the cane and other 
the subject cultivation. They did not press 
the other islands it 7 tT reco ’ ,lmend some such scheme for 
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lands at a fa,,. to secure these uacultivafel 
purchase these lands and rh' -t ■u < 4 .’ e better were Government to 
tion of return pa"sLe “ P Plb " te them to coolies in commute- 
grants on Crown lands u han ,oeate time expired immi' 
can deny that the co „He senf ***“ done ia the past No one 
nearly every case. The cause!" 1601 * f roved a signal failure ia 
the settlements were in unhealthy*!!! c ! eat '- la certain district* 
though Crown, were very poor and in others, the lauds, 
Wan t of mea ° S ° f oomn3Un ication Je 7 r ® fitabIe > ia others again, 
Want of supervision after the D eonl« . , People too isolated- 
o ge out their produce led to di - Were loca ted, want of roads 
lstair ip m? e and b ^u.strious Lw7T aS r enb - and they lost 
D j. P le A ce ased gradually to lad acquired on the 
plantations, upon which it ^ T ^neighbouring 
u r,nt they would I, mm 
