Taking advantage of a visit to Tsingtao, Professor Bailie has been ble to interest the German, authorities there in his scheme, and they UN
677 have shown their sympathy in a most tangible and generous form. Upon receiving @ request from Mr. Bailie, Mr. Gunther, of the Government Department, communicated with the Forestry Department, and for next spring 50,000 trees have been promised as a gift to the scheme. These will principally be the acacia and olde', but there will also be other varieties, and the importance of the gift cannot be too ighly estimated, nor can the kind-armly applauded. The director of Shantung Railway has also pro-ised 375 Ib. of the seed of the black cust tree, a type of tree suitable Jecieme fast growth, or localities which the colonization ud giving wood much used in work in mines.
True to his Irish birth, Professor fand in connexion with his colonization scheme is to make an attempt to improve the breed of the pigs hich every small farmer rears, and or this purpose he has obtained ome pure German boars and sows. rossed with the Chinese animal, hey are said to make a good breed, so that in the future: "colonization scheme'" ham and bacon may become household words, Again it is through the kindness of the Ger-vans that these pigs have been obtained.
Among other gifts which the coonization scheme has recently re-ived is a valuable cor signment of agricultural implements from fears. Secbohm & Dieckstahl, Bheffield. Hoes, picks, shovels and all the rest are included in this consignment, id to the donors as well as to the others who have assisted the scheme the warmest thanks are offered by Professor Bailie.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.