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told the speaker that the area over which gold was to be 
found was far larger than any one had any idea of at the 
present time. Although the out-crops of gold had shown 
more particularly in the two centres which were at 
present being worked, there were large tra6ls of auri- 
ferous quartz that had not yet been explored, but which 
would most likely prove produ6live to those who deve- 
loped them. Everyone who had had the opportunity of 
seeing what the Home Government proposed to do for 
the West Indies must be intensely interested in the 
various schemes. The recent conference in Barbados 
naturally attra6led a great deal of attention. What the 
authorities would do hereafter, it was difficult to say, 
but from what he had seen in the newspapers, it ap- 
peared as if there were no agriculturists in the 
West Indies. They would really think from reading 
some of the speeches that men in the West Indies had 
negle6led agriculture and had not made it the study of 
their lifetime. In the island of Barbados they certainly 
had men who had taken extremely high positions in 
England in the agricultural world. For instance they 
knew of one man who came from Barbados who was not 
only the gold medallist and diploma holder of the Agri- 
cultural College, Chichester, but who held diplomas from 
the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the 
Royal Highland Society of Scotland. The theory of 
agriculture should no doubt be studied, but they had 
also to pay attention to the pra6lical part. Unless they 
provided suitable agricultural land on which children 
could be properly taught, as was done in conne6lion 
with agricultural schools in England, he was afraid they 
would get little good from sim.ply teaching the theory of 
agriculture. The establishment of botanical stations 
throughout the West Indies might, and no doubt would, 
do considerable good. A great deal had been done in 
this dire6lion by Professor Harrison and Mr. Jenman 
in this colony for many years. Great strides had been 
made by them in finding out all that could be found 
out about the growth of sugar canes, by tne estab- 
lishment of seedling canes at the Botanic Gardens 
here, supported as they had been in the Botanic Se6lion 
