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them. He also remarks, and we may take comfort 
therefrom, that the history of gold mining proves that 
enormous sums are not required for the development and 
successful working of mineral properties. 
MEAT and DAIRY PRODUCTS and GRAIN are the 
subjefts next dealt with, but British Guiana and the 
West Indies find no place in these se6lions. 
FRUITS are reported upon by Mr. D. MORRIS formerly 
of Jamaica, now assistant-direftor at Kew, who takes the 
greatest interest in the fruit of this and our neighbouring 
colonies. Mr. MORRIS recently read a most interesting 
paper on the subject at the Royal Colonial Institute, and 
in a lefture given at the Exhibition last year, illustrated 
his remarks on the fruit of this colony, by the papier- 
mache and wax models exhibited in the British Guiana 
Court, and by specimens of fresh fruit of various descrip- 
tions imported from here. 
In the report before me, Mr. MORRIS states that " it 
" is now clearly demonstrated that by careful and 
" judicious treatment and storage in a cool chamber, 
" numerous tropical fruits from the West Indies can be 
" brought to England in a perfe6lly sound condition. 
" Bananas arrived from British Guiana, while such perish- 
" able fruits as papaw, sapodilla, mango, avocado pear 
" were received from the West Indies (and from this colo- 
" ny) in excellent condition. In the rich, alluvial soils of 
11 British Guiana all tropical fruits are capable of being 
i( cultivated, and the dried and preserved articles shewn 
i( in the British Guiana Court, no less than the models of 
" fruits produced in the colony, indicate that a large and 
li undeveloped field of industry is conne6led with them." 
As one of the Executive Commissioners, I have already 
