, 1894-01-17


crossing the line al Ba,laaoo4 and instantly
killed.
The Barbados Goueral Agricultural Socie-
~ Exhibition came Of On Wednesday, 10th
inst, and was d bril- an success. The
receipts amounted to $50, be * S. more
than was collected in 1872. ana Of c0uAse the
attendance was propo}tionalIy larger rh N
that Of last year. The show Of Fancy Work
was especially fine, and the specimens Of
artisans work, notab Y ioiners. were also
good. There we're hot as many varieties of
cane shown this year as last. MI. T. Haynes
Of Bush Hall took the first prize for a bunch
Of Bourboa.
There was a very largA nesting of the
General Agricultural Society to-day to decide
a resolution, which had been given notice of
by Mr.. Thomas Clarke Of CansfeZd,-
whether the Society endorsed ana approved
of the remarks made in the journal of The
Society recently in respect to The cane dis
ease at Bovman8ton, some of those remarks
being as follows =
With such energetic meetings in the
Parishes it would 6e utterly impossible for
any single Estatt peItinaciously, and to the
publ injury, to harbour fungus, and give it
every opportunity to increase and spread
This was actually done at B00manston.
Some years ago q prominent member Of the
Agricultural Society, at the time wien the
Gale disease was beginning to take possession
of BOwmanston, asked to be allowed to inspect
the matter for his own information. and also.
we believe offered his services with .ths view
of instituting a full enquiry into the origin
and nature of the disease. The authorities
OF the estate fatty refused on the ground
that they did not wish to get into the news.
papers"
Our Reporter was present and a full account
Of the meeting Will appear in a future issue.
For the present We would only say that the
Society, by its resolution, did not approve Of
the remarks made, which, on Mr.. Clarke's
showing. clearly were not justified. In the
course of his renarhs he made il very evil
dent chat while he had charge Of that estate
the matter had given him gfeat concern ard
that, fan from "psrtlnpciously halbourinc"
disease at Bo@maa8ton, Ge had tried MS IT.
most, by various changes in manurial treas
ment and otherwise. t. battle with an aheo-
ton Of the cane, which he frankly admitted.
he did not clearly understand nor did he
believe any one else did, wheu il first ap-
~peaIed-nor even yet. He disclaimeI any
recollection whatever Of any application
being made to him ON behalf Of Mr.. Murray
or any other member OF the Society to be al.
sowedto investigate the disease on the spot.
and showed that several leading planters had
at his request, visited the estate and reported
ta1ouIabsy on the way it was being conducted.
OnSthe other hand, it came out that the re-
marks We're. based on a statement made by
MI. Boxill, that the late Mr.. Murray, whoae
loss We all SO much deplore. had asked to be
allowed to vJsit't the eftate and CLEAN what he
could Of the disease, and had been discourag-
ed, if aot.refused,-on the ground, apparent
~ that he wrote for the newspapers. This
information he had gathered from a converse
ton with the manager of the estate. Mr.. Box
i'll also stated at the meeting that Mr.
Walter Smith gould besr him out as to
whether Mr.. Murray did rot say his desire 60
investigate the disease at the estate in
question had been thwarted. The Manager
of the estate, however, denied the truth of
Mr.. Boxill's statement.
Unfortunately there was a disposition
on th8 part IF some of those who
felt aggrievel by the remarks made,
to attribute them to malice ION the
part OF the writer. Il was largely felt at.'
the meeting that. while these were not iusti-
fed, the. Editor of the jqurnal, DR.. WALTON.
who declared that the article in question
was written by himself, WAS far from likely
to be actinated, by any such motives, and.
consequently, while the society was unani-
nous in adopting Nj. Clarke's resoi ttion aud
expressing disapproval of the remarks in.