122 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



Nigerian Order will require correction in accordance with this 

 alteration. 



Para. (2.) Replace the list of plants mentioned here by those I 

 have mentioned above, and add the following :- 



(a.) Funtumia elastica. 

 (6.) Landolpliia owariensis. 



((.} The oil-bean trees, Pentaclethra macrophylla (native 

 name Athawah), Ricmodendron afncanus (native 

 name Awamd), and trees of the genus Carapa. 



(d.) Guna copal trees of the genus Cyano thyrsus (native name 

 Hyedua). 



(e.) The shea butter tree (Butyrospermum Parkii). 



The remaining paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of the Order- 

 can stand. 



The above Order thus modified would be suitable for the Gold 

 Coast and Ashanti. For the Northern Territories I would sub- 

 stitute a simple one somewhat as follows. 



The following acts are prohibited : - 



The taking on native lands of the mahogany tree (Khaya 

 senegalensis), the cedar (Pseudocedrela Kotschyi), the shea 

 butter tree (Butyrospermum Parkii), the Opapao (Afzelia 

 africana), and Landolphia owariensis for use in the Colony 

 and Protectorates of the Gold Coast, except in accordance 

 with the rules relating to timber for the time being in force. 



So very little is known about the rubber-yielding plants of the 

 Northern Territories that I have not attempted to protect them 

 under the Order. The question can be deferred till more infor- 

 mation about the species and the trade done in rubber in those 

 countries has been procured. 



Meanwhile the protection suggested above for the best three 

 timber trees and the shea-butter tree will suffice. It may be neces- 

 sary to add to the list of timber trees in the future when more is 

 known about them. The sass wood tree (Erythrophloeum 

 guineense) and the balsam copaiba tree (Daniella thurifera) may, 

 if necessary, be added to the list of protected trees, as they both 

 yield useful timber. 



3. Rules Relating to Timber. 



These Southern Nigeria rules appear suitable for the Gold 

 Coast of Ashanti, and should be adopted for them with the fol- 

 lowing modifications. The titles of the officers referred to in the 

 rules can be altered in accordance with local requirements and 

 custom. 'I have not attempted to correct them. 



The rules that require to be modified are:- 

 Rule 20. Alter sub-section (1) (a) as follows : 



" The girth of the tree at a height of 4 feet 6 inches from the 

 ground, or, w r hen it possesses buttresses, at the level at which they 

 all merge into the stem " 



