PART 11. The sheet has a further interest because it shows the weight in grammes of a hundred beans of the respective types. The following figures speak for themselves: — WEIGHT IN GRAMMES OF 100 SEEDS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arabica Java Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda (normal) robusta robusta robusta robusta robusta (graded) 9/15 9/19 9/8 9/6 19.1 19.60 20.35 20.92 20.18 19.30 7 8 9 10 11 12 Arabica Bukoba Uganda Uganda ~~ Uganda Uganda (normal) robusta robusta robusta robusta robusta (ordinary) K.selection. Enoka II. Enoka III 19.1 11.20 15.76 20.00 15.25 15.00 Nore.—K—Kinawa selection. This and Enoka II. and IIL. are pronounced varieties from native gardens. These selections are the types of Coffee with which we are endeavouring to build up the Robusta industry in Uganda. You will have observed the extreme variations in the beans so that it is important to get something uniform. That has been a difficulty because supplies of good seed have been limited, and, owing to the fact that fairly good prices have been got during the last couple of years for quite ordinary coffee, planters have been inclined to plant up any kind of robusta. That is a great mistake I am sure, for robusta cultivation is bound to extend not only in these territories but in others and outside the Empire, prices will become competitive, and it is therefore important to grow only the very best. The object of the Department of Agriculture was originally to built up a native industry, but that was because European planters would hardly touch Robusta. The Department has raised plants in nurseries of its own and has already distributed free some hundreds of thousands of plants. During the next planting season something like 500,000 plants will be distributed. Now the European planters are realising the importance of Robusta and we have not been able to meet the demand for plants and seed for them. However, we have been able to help to build up small areas from 10 to 50 acres as further seed supplies are obtained and presently there will be ample available. Mr. RITCHIE, asked how the characteristic of a long picking period, which according to Mr. Maitland’s statement, made the crop a suitable one for native cultivation, affected the incidence of the bean borer, and Mr. Hargreaves stated that he considered that the fact of having a long picking period was advantageous. In reply to Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Maitland stated that there was no die-back in Robusta after a heavy crop: there would probably be die- back with Arabica but he was inclined to attribute that to the effects of leaf disease. 03