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COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE. 
Downing Street, 
13th March, 1890. 
SIR, 
I AM directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, to be laid 
before Viscount Cross, a copy of a letter from the Governor of 
_ Lagos on the subject of the “ Ficus elastic ca.’ 
ord Knutsford would be glad if the seed required by 
Sir Alfred Moloney, together with the information regarding the 
culture of de plant in Malabar, could be supplied through your 
Departm 
Any expense which may be incurred will of course be defrayed 
from ar ur funds, and upon application to this Department the 
Crown Agents will be directed to pay the d in such manner 
as the Secretary of State for India may des 
I am, &c., 
(Signed) RoBERT G. W. HERBERT. 
The Under Secretary of State, 
: India Office. 
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INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. 
(R. & S. 354.) 
India Office, Whitehall, S.W., 
24th April, 1890. 
SIR, 
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to 
acknowledge the receipt of yo ur letter of the 13th ultimo, 
forward the sa e to the " Governor of fuh OB together with the 
required p enert as to the culture of the plan 
I have 
(Signed) - d GODLEY. 
The P ines of State, 
al Office 
Local Form No. 1. 
No. Kf. 134. 
From Gustav MANN, Esq., Conservator of Forests, Assam, 
to his Excellency the GOVERNOR OF LAGOS. 
Dated Shillong, the 24th July, 1890. 
SIR 
IN obedience to the orders received from the Government of 
Ingin, I c the honour to advise your Excellency of the despatch 
three small bags of rubber seed (Ficus elastica), containing 
aback one sen of seed, by sample post, and to enclose a brief 
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