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the most recent information which has reached Kew respecting fibres 
from Agave and other plants :— 
COLONIAL OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Penne eo 
SIR, mber 24, 1888. 
I AM directed by Lord Knutsford to jas imin pr you a nis of a 
despatch from the Governor of the Bahamas, enclosing 
ular which he has addressed to the Resident and Assistant- Resident 
Justices of the Islands, on the present position and prospects of a fibre 
industry in the Colony, and to state that his Lordship would be glad if 
a copy of the circular could be inserted in the gè seed 
The Director, (Signed) JOHN * BRAMBTON. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Sir A. SHEA to LORD KNUTSFORD. 
Government House, Nassau, N.P. 
My LORD, November 22, 1888. 
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lo rdshi ip six printed 
copies of a sei which I have caused to be addressed to the Resident 
and Assistant Resident Justices of the Bahama Islands on the subject of 
the present position and prospects of a fibre industry which i is panus y 
to have engaged in developing this PI © and whose operations 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) A. SHEA, 
The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, Governor. 
&e. &e. ¢: 
[Circular.] 
; Colonial Secretary’s Office, Nassau, N.P. 
SIR, November 22, 1888. 
{ AM directed by his Excellency the Governor to er your 
attention to the important question of fibre cultivation, now so large ely 
EES the minds of the public, on on which it is essential soll the 
fullest information should be disseminated. 
uring his Excellency’s late sheesed from the Colony, he was enabled 
to gather some instructive particulars, which strengthens his faith in 
ee pe the fibre industry is to play in the speedy advancement of the 
ony. 
eroti the good offices of the Crown Agents for the Colonies in 
London, the following statement was obtained from Mr. Thomas Bra 
a gentleman of greatauthority,to whom a sample ofrough rope made fro 
