CONTENTS. 



PART I 



EXAMINATION OP FORESTS AND DESCRIPTION OP JOURNEYS MADE THROUGH 



THEM. 



Page. 



1. Description of journey from Accra to Aburi and back 7 



2. Description of journey from Accra to Sekondi and the saw-mills at 



Gaiyui Krom 18 



3 Description of journey across the lower valleys of the Ankobra and 

 Tano rivers through the districts of Lower Wassaw, Lower 



Denkira, and thence back to the railway at Dunkwa ... ... 24 



Forests between Tarkwa and Prestea 25 



The fuel supply for the gold mines ... ... ... ... ... 30 



Forest vegetation of the central portion of the Ankobra drainage 31 



The forests between Ahirisu (Mansi river) and N'Kwansia (on 



the Ankobra river) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 



The forests between the Ankobra river, and its feeder the Sibiri 



stream 38 



The forest on the south-eastern slopes of the Ankobra-Tano 



water-parting 41 



The forests in the drainage area of the Lower Tano river 42 



Forests between Tomento and the railway line at Dunkwa station 46 



4. Supply of fuel for the Tarkwa and Abosso mines 49 



5 The forests of Southern Ashanti 51 



General remarks 51 



The Tsifufu forests 55 



The forests between Oboase and the village of Hun on the Adra 



river ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 



Forests between the confluence of the Adra and Offin rivers and 



N'Kwanta 56 



The forests north of Mansu N'Kwanta 57 



The forests between Impasatia and Bibiani ... ... ... ... 60 



The forests between Bibiani and Mim (Tano river drainage) ... 61 



The forests of the upper portion of the Bia river drainage ... 63 



The forests at the head waters of the Ba river 64 



6. The forests of North-western Ashanti belonging to the Volta river 



drainage 67 



General description of Savannah forests 67 



The forests near Braha ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 



The forests near Oboase 74 



The vegetation near the Volta at Tonkomia 74 



The forests between Bian and Jugbe (Northern Territories) ... 74 



The forests in the neighbourhood of Kintampo 75 



Return journey to Kumasi ... .., ... ... ... ... 76 



7. The forests south-east of Kumasi ... ... ... ... ... 76 



The proposed Dampia reserve 78 



8. The forests between the Cane Coast road and Lake Bosumptwi ... 79 



