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 AKNEXURE III 



Seychelles, 2Sth July 1874. 

 To Hz's Excellency 



Sir A. H. Gordon, K. G. M. G., 

 Sfc, ^c, Sfc. 

 " Sir, 



" With reference to Your Excellency's instructions regard- 

 ing the supply of Timber tree seed from Silhouette, replant- 

 ing at Felicite and a scheme of replanting Government land 

 at Praslin, I have the honor to report as follows :— Mr Bail- 

 Ion promised to supply, in quantities, seeds of all the useful 

 trees in Silhouette, when tliey were ripe and when required. 

 At Eelicite there is no Government Guardian and no one 

 unto whom I could give planting instructions. The lessee's 

 overseer promised tp collect tree seed, but I think he promi- 

 sed more than he intended to perform. I consider it would 

 be well for the local Government to have a Guardian of its 

 own there, to protect the timber Avliich is growing on the Is- 

 land, to collect seed, especially of N'atte and Gayac, for Mahe 

 and Praslin, and to rej)lant by seed sowing all the vacant 

 and unwooded land on the Island. 



" The prevailing timber trees (on Felicite) are in order, 

 Badamier, Takamaka, a few ITattes — some are of good size — 

 and Gayac, the latter are mostly small. At a distance Felici- 

 te appears to be well wooded, and so it is in some parts, but 

 by far the greater portion of it has been unwooded and plan- 

 ted with Cocoauut trees, or covered with Pi\ndani and Bois 

 Dur Shrubs. 



" Seeds of '■' Capucin " (as pronounced) could be supplied 

 from Mahe. If the Island is to be kept as a timber reserve, 



