Honour For Tahiti
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Botanist
From Our Own Correspondent.
Papeete, Feb. 12.
IN recognition of his services to agriculture in the Colony, Mr. Harrison W.
Smith, at one time Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology (Boston, U.S.A.), lias recently had conferred upon him by the French Government the distinction of Chevalier du Merite Agricole.
Since his arrival here many years ago with a cargo of tropical plants and seeds from Borneo and the East Indies, Mr.
Smith has been actively engaged in the introduction and propagation of useful plants and trees. His plantation at Pa peari has developed into a fair-sized botanical garden, the practical value of which will become more and more appre ciated as time goes on.