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feature of any conservancy programme. The timber in this region 
is also valuable, including such trees as Khaya seneyalensis, the “ dry 
zone” maghogany, Afzelia africana, and the “dry zone” cedar, 
Pseudocedrela Kotschyi, all suitable for the home market. As 
mentioned before the proper preservation of such forest areas as 
these is intimately bound up with far-reaching questions of water 
supply. 
% Cian the question of reserved areas Mr. Thompson lays 
stress on the necessity of reserving the forests clothing the crests of 
the hills and the steep slopes from the operations of the farmer on 
the general grounds of preserving the climatic conditions that are 
of most value to the country. 
When discussing the dry open country of the Afram plains 
(Report, pp. 84-92) some useful information is given as to the 
various plants and trees of this region from which it appears 
that the list of useful plants is one of some length and includes 
plants of considerable value. 
A few remarks on the subject of game and game laws are of 
interest and deserve attention. It is pointed out that whilst 
Europeans are obliged to take out licences and are restricted as 
In conclusion, it may be poised out that the proklems con- 
fronting the Gold Coast Colony with regard to its forests are 
difficult and serious, since the preservation of the evergreen forests, 
ov which the water supply so largely depends, and of the deciduous 
forests forming a belt against the Savannah Country, is at stake, 
and with this is bound up the general character of the agricultural 
operations of the colony. e most pressing need in connection 
with forest conservancy is the prevention of the wholesale destruc- 
tion of the forest for farming purposes, in comparison with whic 
the accumulated effect of timber exploitation is stated to be 
‘a mere bagatelle.” : 
XI—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Miss E. M. WAKEFIELD, lately of the School of Rural Economy, 
Oxford, has been appointed by the President of the Board of 
Agriculture and Fisheries to the post of Assistant in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Mr. Tuomas Doucias Marrianp, a member of the garden- 
ing staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of 
Kew, a Curator in the Agricultural Department of Southern 
Nigeria. 
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