Chaulmoogra Oil

IT was suggested in Fiji in December that as local Chaulmoogra oil was favoured at Makogai Leper Station for the cure of leprosy, Fiji planters might care to grow a few Hydnocarpus trees, from which the oil is obtained, and so help this worthy cause. Seeds were available from the Agricultural Depart ment.

It is stated in the March issue of the Fiji “Agricultural Journal” that only four inquiries had been received in response to the suggestion; but planters and others were reminded that seed was still avail able at the Department of Agriculture, Suva, and from Agricultural Officers at Naduruloulou and Sigatoka.