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Morris arrived back in the West Indies on the 12 [Nov], landed at St Kitts and went on to Nevis and Antigua. He spent a week in Antigua with the new Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland. If the 'S. of S.' [Secretary of State] approves, Morris will take over the agricultural aide but will have nothing to do with the Reformatory. If the 'C.O.'[Colonial Office] agrees, Watts will receive the title of local director under him, and will have the immediate oversight of the Department in the Leeward Islands. There will be a branch station at Nevis under Lunt and they have secured an excellent piece of land. Sands is doing well at Antigua and Jordan is in place at Montserrat, having turned over a new leaf and given up preaching. Morris intends to go from Montserrat to Dominica, then St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago arriving at Barbados just before Christmas. The Department has succeeded in starting cotton and onions on Montserrat. On his voyage south from Canada, Morris called at Bermuda where he met W.T. James. He describes the islands and notes the splendid cultivation. James is the only manufacturer of Bermuda arrowroot and the export of this product is discussed. The junipers on Bermuda are quite distinct from the Jamaican ones and he agrees with Sargent that it deserves to be kept separate. Morris also notes his three day stay at the Central Experiment Farm at Ottawa, Canada, with Saunders, and his pleasant visit to Harvard where he stayed with Gordale and met Weiss and Willis. He spent a further three days with Sargent at Brookline, Boston and describes the arboretum, although he is sure Thiselton-Dyer will have heard a great deal of this from Nicholson. Morris and Fawcett went to the Annual Convention of the Heads of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at Atlanta. He is sorry he cannot give further details at present, but his observations will appear in the ARICULTURAL NEWS. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.

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Morris arrived back in the West Indies on the 12 [Nov], landed at St Kitts and went on to Nevis and Antigua. He spent a week in Antigua with the new Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland. If the 'S. of S.' [Secretary of State] approves, Morris will take over the agricultural aide but will have nothing to do with the Reformatory. If the 'C.O.'[Colonial Office] agrees, Watts will receive the title of local director under him, and will have the immediate oversight of the Department in the Leeward Islands. There will be a branch station at Nevis under Lunt and they have secured an excellent piece of land. Sands is doing well at Antigua and Jordan is in place at Montserrat, having turned over a new leaf and given up preaching. Morris intends to go from Montserrat to Dominica, then St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago arriving at Barbados just before Christmas. The Department has succeeded in starting cotton and onions on Montserrat. On his voyage south from Canada, Morris called at Bermuda where he met W.T. James. He describes the islands and notes the splendid cultivation. James is the only manufacturer of Bermuda arrowroot and the export of this product is discussed. The junipers on Bermuda are quite distinct from the Jamaican ones and he agrees with Sargent that it deserves to be kept separate. Morris also notes his three day stay at the Central Experiment Farm at Ottawa, Canada, with Saunders, and his pleasant visit to Harvard where he stayed with Gordale and met Weiss and Willis. He spent a further three days with Sargent at Brookline, Boston and describes the arboretum, although he is sure Thiselton-Dyer will have heard a great deal of this from Nicholson. Morris and Fawcett went to the Annual Convention of the Heads of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at Atlanta. He is sorry he cannot give further details at present, but his observations will appear in the ARICULTURAL NEWS. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.