FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



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The exports from the Settlements on the Gambia 

 to Europe and America for the same period have been 

 (their distribution will be found at page 93) : — 



In 1883 there were imported into the Gambia from 

 the Windward Coast 141 lbs. of rubber, at a value of 

 £11; and from the Leeward Coast 6,422 lbs., at a value 

 of _;f 341. The exports direct from the Gambia in the 

 same article for 1883 were, to Great Britain, 41,755 lbs., 

 valued locally at ;^ 5, 107 ; to France, 4,453 lbs., valued 

 locally at ^361 ; and to Goree, 5,800 lbs., valued locally 

 at £S^O. In 1884, there were imported into the 

 Gambia — from Windward Coast, 3,120 lbs., valued at 

 £i?>g ; from Sierra Leone, 98,560 lbs., valued at 

 £g,6So; and from Leeward Coast, 1,675 lbs., valued at 

 ;£'i34. These exceptionally heavy imports swelled 

 correspondingly the exports for that year. 



I am unable at present to give botanically the 



* Annual Statement, 1885, of the Trade of tte United 

 Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. 



t Imports into Gambia 1885 were from Goree 921 lbs.=;/^6o, 

 and from Windward Coast 1,736 lbs. =^87. 



