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direction they Sre reforms should be oie in 
nci, di systems of gathering such produce, the Government 
would, I feel sure, kde an attentive ear to their suggestions. 
The forests in the Kuniki and Koranko districts are, relatively 
speaking, very accessible from here ; Magbeli, from which place 
they can x sprich pea Siria about seven days' easy marching, 
an ere is water c arriage for light Puri 2n Benkia, two 
marches Hö "Magbeli, down ves Roquelle riv 
But these forests are small compared to ee on the Anglo- 
Liberian frontier, along the Morro and Mano rivers, which extend 
for 800 or 1,000 miles. Had it not been for the border raids which 
and the oly pes portions of which are within two days’ journey 
of Sulim 
IIL—RUBBER: GAMBIA BOTANIC STATION. 
[K.B., 1898, pp. 40, 41.] 
There are four different species of rubber-producing rri 
growing in the station. The most common species are the native 
rubbers (anrop beradik an ane L. florida). These abound 
on the Gambia, but owing to the ruthless manner in which the 
trees are tapped, it is pues they will soon disappear. 
Hevea brasiliensis (Para rubber).—A few plants of this are 
at the station, but they do a appear to be growing very well, 
owing to the long dry seas 
Castilloa € irum American rubber).—Several plants 
were brought o y me as already mentioned from Kew. The 
are now Sena UE and are about two feet high. "These plants 
are said to grow well in a deep warm soil, composed of loam and 
sandy clay; a dry or rainy climate seems vic suitable, but a 
high and equal temperature, which does not sink below 60° F. at 
any time is essential. 
Manihot Glaziovii yields the rubber known in commerce 
by the name of Ceara rubber. This plant grows well in the 
Colony. The only difficulty up to the present has been to 
procure the rubber from the tree. The sample of rubber collected 
from a tree growing at the station is free from impurity, but 
e 
sho be impressed on the local rubber collectors. The plant 
is very hardy, amd will grow almost anywhere. Its healthy 
ene in this Colony shows that it may prove of great 
ue, 
