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there being perhaps no striking points of difference. 
The West Indies, as well as British Guiana, exhibited 
spirituous compounds, partly beverages and partly medi- 
cines, most of which, Mr. BANNISTER states, contain 
extra6t of Cinchona bark, and amongst these are included 
Angostura bitters ; but the principal medicinal ingre- 
dient in these, according to Mr. HOLMES, is not Cin- 
chona nor quinine, but a tonic which, hitherto attributed 
to Mikania amara, undoubtedly belongs to plants of 
the genus Aristolochia* 
The export of SlEGERT'S bitters from Trinidad is 
600,000 bottles per annum. By some it is thought that 
this preparation has not of late equalled what was made 
by Dr. SlEGERT at Bolivar, from whence he removed to 
Trinidad; be this as it may, the bitters of this maker 
exhibited at our Local Exhibition in 1885 were thought 
inferior to that of a local manufacturer (Mr. T. MAT- 
THEWS). One other preparation of bitters from British 
Guiana exhibited last year, was so impudent an imita- 
tion of Messrs. SlEGERT'S, in bottle and label, that their 
agents required it to be withdrawn from exhibition. 
Mr. Bannister alludes to the extensive manufacture 
of what he terms " hybrid mixtures" in the French 
colonies ; and as these mixtures can be prepared with 
most primitive apparatus, and in any locality, the manu- 
facture of them gives employment and a respectable 
living to many who otherwise would not be able to 
obtain a livelihood. 
The materials for making liqueurs, such as orange, 
limes, cacao, coffee, noyeau, &c. are plentiful in this colony, 
and there is no reason why we should be dependent on 
other countries and colonies for our supply. The in- 
