, 1888-06-20

taOllShment for 96l lbs. 3D.; part of the,
Acting superintendent salary, which
should be paid out of the vote for salaries,
amounts to G239 13s. Cd. ,
The amount Of bark shipped was
17,OO9 lbs, which sold for G542 9s., an.
average of 1865 pence per To-. The highest
price reached vas Is. 3D., and tho lowest
Adj.
Mr.. Fawcett very properly calls atten-
ton to the high freighES paid from Jamai-
ca, compared with those paid by Ceylon
planters for CinchOna. 1t seems that the
rate paid from Jamaica was SIS. Odd. per
1O0lbs. bark, While from Ceylon, via th3
Suez Canal, the freight was 3s. S4d. per
lOOlh.y although the vessels from UryIOn
hat a considerably greater distance to car
ry trelghtj and had to pay toll to the Suez
Canal.
Experiments are now being made by the
Island Chemist, the Senior Medical Officer,
and the Director of Gardens and Planta-
tfons on an improved method of manufac-
turing CinchOna Febrifuge which may en-
aOIe CtnchOna planters to get London
prices here without having the expense,
ana risk of shipping their bark.
The lowest temperature recorded at the
plantation was in Jdnuaty 52.3 degrees,
the highest was in September 71.6 de-
grees. Tie total rainfall was 96k inches.
Reports are presented of the Castletor
Gardens, the Kings House gardens the
Kingston Public Garden, The Palisades
Plantation, the Bath Garden and the Head
Office.
The library of the department. has been
considerably increased by presentation
and by purchase. The report concludes
with general notes, giving some in.
teresting particulars Of the export of Ja-
maica produce. The figures are perhaps
Il little out of place in the Report of the
Botanical department, and are more fit
ting for the Collector,G Generals Depart
ment. but we are not disposed to grumble
at any valuable information given III q
handy form.
Comparative tables of the chief articles
of Exports are given for the past seven
years.
Exports of Sugar have fuctuated con.
siderably during these seven wears. The
smallest quantity was in 1886, when
329,2O6 cwts. were shipped, valued at
&2O2, 791.
The greatest quantity was shipped in
1882, 69l,065 cwts. worth 9614,2 83. In
1887 the weight was ACC, 866 cwts. and the
FdIuC &@o4;OOi' hum Is mucn more laVOCa'
bic.
The greatest quantity exported was in
1887, 2,4l2,596 gallons, valued at 1901 STA,
while in the preceding year, 1,476,356 gal
Ions, valued at Elsa ,544.
In Coffee, the largest quantity exported
was i'll 1888, (misprinted 1889 84,358 cwts
valued at Gl60,6l7, while in 1887 only
56,586 cwtS. were shipped, but the eStima-
ted value was e2O9, 145. This is the lar
geSt export value of coffee since 1881, when
this export amounted to G23l 1888.
Mr.. FaWcett here calls attention to the
Report of Mr.. PaSteur on Jamaica Coffee.
"Ille samples from the Blue Mountains
and other fine mountain Jamaica estates
are such that there really is nothing but
praise to bestow upon the way they have
been prepared, and l am unable to suggest
any Improvement on coffee which is as
nearly perfect as possible, whether in
appearance, or what is more important
still, in TASTE"
Mr.. PaSteur also says: "The want of
proper curing establishments is much felt
in many parts. 1t is probable, too, that
the plants are not raised from good seed,
and that better cultivation and manuring
are needed. But even this will notysuffce
to ensure the go"d quality of the, crop,
unless due attention is paid to picking at
the right moment, and to immediate pulp.
ing and thorough drying of the parchment.
This should ensure the proper colour, but,
in the absence Of he naoasSarv annli anooS