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possible to obtain a product comparatively free from resin. In 
the investigation of the recent specimens of rubber received from 
Lagos this establishment is greatly indebted to Mr. S. W. Silver, 
.S., for an interesting report obtained from the India Rubber, 
Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company (Limited), 
ilvertown 
COLONIAL OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
SIR, Downing Street, January 22, 1890. 
fo ission 
and I am to state that .Lord Knutsford T E obl iged if gon 
could obtain a report as to the market value of this beni men 
am, &c. 
isas R. H. MEADE. 
The Director of Kew Gardens. 
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, BADAGRY, to COLONIAL SECRETARY. 
SIR, Badagry, eatin 20, 1889. 
I HAVE the honour to inform you that owing the 
topping ye the sap of the trees drying up, I have. se been "Able 
ib obtain 40 Ibs. of rubber instead of the 100 lbs. proposed in his 
Excellency's Minute, 
The cost has been 17. 19s. 8d., or a — less than Ls. aee Ib. 
It is écaily packed for shipment to England, and as no more 
be obtained until the sap forms again in April, I would npn 
its being forwarded at once, so that on my arrival in England I 
can be instructed to give the mode of working fully, should it 
prove successful. I could also attend at Silvertown and witness 
the working of the rubber, fir be shown the best way of 
separating the natural acid fro 
This amount, although small is y think, more than was supplied 
by Mr. Millson from one 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) W. HIGGINSON, 
The Hon Acting District Commissioner. 
The Colonial Secretary, Lagos. 
DISTRICT MEME rea gripe to the COLONIAL 
S TARY, LAGO 
ura ae December 10, 1889. 
n Lagos in October last, I had the honour to submit to 
his bee some specimens of rubber made by me on the 
Gold Coast plan, and he was pleased to direct me to obtain 100 lbs. 
at a cost not exceeding 5/. for export to England, for examination 
as to quality, etc., but up to the present I have only obtained 
40 Iba. at a cost of a fraction under Ls. the Ib. 
