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seen ofthe lime cultivation, it eent pecull-
arly suited to Dominica. and it's cultivation
as far as he could judge. appeared to be well
understood. To the late DR.. Imray be-
longed the honour and credit of having intro
ducad and fostered tais Industry, which had
now become so important, and upon st.
Aroment, formerly his property, can be seen
some excellent cultivation OF this plant. To
Dr.oImray Dominica also owes the introduce
ton OF many other plants and other things
which he could not then refer to. Dir. Nichols
who had succeeded DR.. Imray at ST. AComent
could show some excellent cultivation Of coffee,
ZINES and cocoa, and he had besides a very
sine collection of valuable and rare plants.
Dominica was to be CONGRATULATED on nav
ing a resident with such a deep knowledge
of all that relates to plant jfe, and who had
done so much to push on The. fortunes of the
island. 1t was perhaps unfortunate that DR.,
Nichols important professional duties pre-
vented him from d~evoting the whole of his
time to instruct the people how to make the
country a prosperous one. 41.-
He held in his hand a statement which
he was told was reliable, which showed
how an exp enditure of &1,00O upon 40
acres of land, spread over 6 years, won |
result in a yearly income of &240, and
there could not be the slightest doubt
that when that statement was placed before
men of capital in England, as he inten tel
it should be, men would readily be found
to come out. and invest in Dominica land.
1t was his intention when he returned to
England to bring the fine capabilities Of
Dominica prominently before the public, and
be could promise them that nothing on his
part would be left undone to let capitalists
Know the advantages of this Island. On his
rafj1ytl fO Il nOlopl ba a IN uoTo1 20 o;rn
q lecture at the Imperial Institute, and in that
lecture ho would give Dominica q promi-
nent place. AT q meeting in London re-
Gently, the Marques of Lorne had said that
there Was Is MILL Ons of English capjtaI
locked up awaiting fair and safe inv estnents,
and he saw no reason why a hundred th0u~
sand or even q quarter of a million of that
capital should not e placed in Dominica. os-
pecially "a now the internal means of com.
munic alton were being improved and Il line
of steamers proposed, which would give
them diioct communicative with America
and Canada.
Amongst the minor Industries was a new
one for which he thought the climate
aud much of the soil OF Dominica peculiarly
adapted, and that's was the Gambier-a
plant from which a. valuable tannin mate
rial was extracted. This had been largely
HAONfH AZ NlAlNC AZ bAlJ 1tOihN
Peninsula. Bus owing to great authorization
it was hardly now to be got pure from there,
and the price had become almost prohibi-
tory. But there were certain Of the finer
feathers which could not be manufactured
without the Gambler tan, and there was
great demand for it in America for this
purpose. 1t was a plant that required q
moist cool climate, but within the tropics,
and would without doubt grow readily in
most parts of Dominica. 1t had been found
very difficult to get plants of the Gambler,
as the SEEDS did not terminate when kept
anytime. And the distance for plants 10
travel from the Straits Settlement to Eng
land was very great, so much so, that they
had been trying TO get the plant at Kew
for 20 years. He was glad to say that he
had had the pleasure of bringing out a
case CT Gambler plants with him for
Dominica, and that they were now grow
ing in the nursery and at St. Aronent,
where they could be seen by any one.
They stood he voyage remarkably we'll,
and are putting out fresh leaves, and give
every promise of success. They will soon
be planted nfthe Botanical Station, and
once they have seeded, their speedy propa-
.gationewill be easy.
Another product Of the tropics which he
was. sure might be cultivated successfully
in Dominica was the Nutmeg. 1t grew
readily, and was productive. The only di-
ficulty was that there were male and female
trees. and it was the latter only that bore