50 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



(8) The Dianfutu (could not be identified), said to yield an 



excellent fuel. 



(9) Kussiabah (same as Kishia). Good fuel. 

 (10) Ad Java, ditto. 



Every species except the Dahomah (Piptadenia africana), how- 

 ever, is cut down for firewood. Those mentioned above give the 

 best results. 



During- the five years and nine months, August, 1902, to the 

 end of January, 1908, the fuel consumed on the Tarkwa Mines 

 amounted to 37,000 cords, and this was obtained from clear 

 fellings made on 3,000 to 4,000 acres. The yearly consumption 

 thus amounts to 6,400 cords, to supply which about 600 acres 

 of forest has to be felled. The corresponding figures for the 

 Abosso Mines are: Period, five years (1st January, 1903, to 

 31st December, 1907); consumption, 39,696 cords of fuel; area, 

 3,000 to 4,000 acres. The mean annual consumption in this case 

 is 7,939 cords, for which an area of about 700 to 800 acres has 

 every year to be cleared of forest growth. 



Mr. Stockfeld is re-afforesting portions of this ground with 

 the following species of Eucalyptus and Melaleuca :- 



Eucalyptus resin/era. 



,, citriodora. 



,, leucoxylon (iron bark). 



,, marginata (Jarrah). 



,, 'Tnacrorliyncha (stringy bark). 



Melaleuca leucudendron (paper-bark tree). 



The trees already planted seem to be doing fairly well ; it is 

 to be hoped that the experiment will prove a success. 



After completing the inspection of the areas that are being 

 exploited for firewood, Mr. Burbridge and myself proceeded to 

 Imbrahirn, a station on the Sekondi-Kurnasi Railway, where we 

 spent a few days in examining the forests to the east of the 

 railway line. I found them to be rather disappointing, especi- 

 ally the one known as the Fetish or Sacred Forest. Generally, 

 the forest consists of secondary growth, but patches of much 

 older high forest are not wanting, and the locality is fairly rich 

 in mahoganies and cedars. The portions close to the railway 

 have been heavily exploited, and logs were found lying all about 

 the place. Several species of the commoner forest trees hap- 

 pened to be either flowering or fruiting at the time of our visit, 

 and we were thus able to add considerably to our collections. 



This is about the extreme northern limit of the N'Yankon 

 (Heritiera utilis) which, owing to the rather dry character of 

 the country, is confined here to the vicinity of swampy ground. 

 Tlio 11 <nr-tr(iir and Off ram, usually the dominant species, are 

 comparatively scarce in this locality, but some rather rare trees, 

 such as a new and undescribed species of A/zelia and a Bomlxi.r 

 (Bombax brevicuspe), were seen. 



Bubber-vines appear to be plentiful in the forests, and a few 

 Fun tumid, clastica are also found there. The Imbrahim forests, 

 with tlio exception of the sacred one, which is rather moister in 



