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FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



VII. 



West African dye-woods are chiefly represented or 

 known in the trade as camwood {Baphia nitida), 

 barwood, and redwood. In the Gaboon and that 

 quarter I think red sandal-wood is synonymous. The 

 dye-woods that have reached the United Kingdom 

 between 1878 and 1885 are embodied, as to quantity 

 and value, in the following table : — 



Year. 



Articles. 



Countries whence imported. 



Quantities. 



Value. 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 

 1882 



1883 

 1884 

 1885 



Dye-woods un- 

 enumerated 



}{ 



West Coast of Africa,! 

 Foreign. . . . / 

 No separate 

 /W. C. A., not particuO 

 \ larly designated . / 



W. A., British . 

 , , Portuguese 

 W. A., not particu-\ 



larly designated . / 

 W. A., British . 

 W. A., not particu-j 



larly designated . / 



Tons. 

 2.995 

 head 



1.444 



2. 593 



1.893 



90 



1,580 



2,274 

 1.053 

 1.053 



15.408 



ing. 



12,029 



15.451 

 18,732 



1. 231 

 13. "3 



12.749 



8.354 



8.354 



Liberia, the Oil Rivers, and the Gaboon at present, 

 I think I am right in saying, offer the most prolific 

 field for camwood, barwood, and ebony. The last- 



