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small plot than by a large area, for this reason, that no 
means exist in the Colony for extra6ling the fibre, but 
the Indian way of stripping the leaves, one by one, by 
hand. This of course would never pay. A plot of say 
12 Dutch roods, planted at the rate of 2,722 plants to the 
acre would answer the question of yield per acre. 
(Sgd; G. S. JENMAN. 
I2th March, 1898. 
A Government communication covering the following 
analyses of Cacao and Coffee soils from Dutch Guiana 
was also read and taken for notification ; — 
Extradi from letter from Government Analyst to 
Government Secretary, 
The examination of the soils conclusively shews that 
they are not soils similar to these already examined from 
the interior of this Colony, but are soils very similar in 
chara6lers and compositions to the alluvial ones which 
occur on reaches of our rivers below the belt of sand 
dunes and hills. This is a matter of interest and of im- 
portance as shewing that in Dutch Guiana the cultiva- 
tion of the economic produdls, cacao and cofifee, are 
satisfa6lorily carried on on such soils, and, therefore, 
similar enterprises in this Colony may be attended with 
success. These lower river soils are those alluded to by 
Dr. Morris in paragraph 4 of his Report subsidiary to 
that of the West hrdla Royal Commission. 
I have, &c., 
(Sgd.) J. B. HARRISON, 
Govt. Analyst. 
