Cocoa Expert In Bsi
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From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, Feb. 20.
Dr. D. H. URQUHART, formerly Director of Agriculture. Gold Coast Colony, arrived in Honiara, by air on February 5 from New Guinea, where he has been investigating cocoa-growing potentialities and problems.
His visit to the Solomons was made at the request of the BSIP Government for the purpose of advising on the most suitable soil areas and varieties of cocoa for initial plantings in the Solomons.
The Right Reverend S. G. Caulion, Bishop of Melanesia, returned to the British Solomon Islands by air on February 5 after a short vacation in Australia and New Zealand.