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NICHOLLS, Henry Alfred Alford was born on September 27, 1851 in London. Son of Thomas William Nicholls of London.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...The barrels usually have holes cut in the staves for the purpose of ventilation, and each barrel will contain about 300 oranges. But a much safer plan is to ship in boxes Boxes, the usual size of which is 2 feet and a half long by one foot deep and one foot in width. The ends of the boxes are solid, but the top, bottom and sides are boarded up with laths 3 inches wide', a space of about 2 inches being left between the laths. The box is divided into two equal compartments by a solid piece of wood, similar to the pieces used for the ends. The boxes are usually put together by the shipper, the various pieces being imported from the United States already cut up to the 110 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. various sizes, and thus, with a few of the French wire nails, an industrious person can fix up a number of boxes in a very' short time. Each orange must be wrapped up separately in paper, care being taken to reject all inferior or damaged fruit. The paper used is the common yellow wrapping sort, imported from the United States, and it should be cut into sizes sufficiently large to wrap up the oranges smoothly and evenly. Each of the boxes will contain about 150 wrapped oranges of the larger kinds, but 180 of the smaller fruits can usually be stowed away in the same space. The packing should be so close that the oranges will not shake about, indeed in nailing up the laths on top it is as well that they should slightly compress the fruit as it dries and decreases in bulk on the voyage. The oranges in each box should be of the same size, and thus before packing the fruit ought to be sorted out, each kind being packed separately, for when a buyer takes a sample orange out of a box he expects to find all the fruit of the same size and quality Cartful handling as the sample. A...
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NICHOLLS, Henry Alfred Alford was born on September 27, 1851 in London. Son of Thomas William Nicholls of London.
Studied at University, Aberdeen, and St. Bartholomew’s, London. Bachelor of Medicine (Honours) and Master in Surgery Aberdeen, 1873. Doctor of Medicine Aberdeen, 1875.
Doctor of Medicine.
Member Royal College of Surgeons England 1873. Fellow of the Linnean Society, C.M.Z.S. Corresponding and honorary member of several learned societies (at home and abroad.
Medical Superintendent, Dominica Yaws Hospitals, 1877. Medical Officer Public Institution, 1880. Health Officer, 1897.
Crown nominee in Legislative Assembly, 1875-1877. Chairman of Poor Law Board, 1885-1891. Local Commissioner Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886.
In 1891, appointed Special Commissioner to inquire into prevalence of Yaws in West Indies (thanked by Secretary of State for Report, which was published as a Blue-book). Chairman, Roseau Town Board, 1896-1898. Justice of the Peace.
Official member of the Legislative Council, 1898. President Dominica Agricultural Society, 1906. Represented Leeward Islands at West Indies Agricultural Conferences in Barbadoes, 1899,1901, and 1902.
Trinidad, 1905; represented the Colony at W. Indian Quarantine Conference at Barbadoes, 1904. Decorated for services in Dominica. Senior Medical Officer since 1904 of Dominica, West Indies.
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Club: Authors’.
Experimenting in tropical agriculture.
Spouse 1877, Marion, 3rddaughter of J. Corney Crompton, J.P. of Dominica.
Companion of St. Michael and St. George 1896.