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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Jamaica.—

Jamaica.—

Mr. Robert Thompson, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens (in charge of the Cinchona plantations), has retired upon pension. The botanical establishments in the island are likely to be reorganised, with a view to making them more useful, and so opening up new industries. There seems no reason why the West Indies should not enter upon a new course of prosperity if they would endeavour to grow fruits and vegetables commanding a comparatively high price in the United States, instead of staple commodities like sugar, which there appears to be great difficulty in making remunerative.