FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



It is stated of Sierra Leone woods in Martin's 

 ' British Colonies ' that " the grain of several of these 

 woods is very rich, and the furniture made therefrom 

 not only durable but extremely beautiful. In Mr. 

 Forster's elegant mansion at Hampstead there are 

 several articles of furniture made from African maho- 

 gany which would vie with the wood of any country 

 in the world ; and for ship-building the African teak 

 is now generally and deservedly esteemed." 



By way of comparative interest I here give an 

 extract from a return of principal Exports from 

 Sierra Leone between 1827-1835, which I have 

 taken from Martin's Work : — 



/. stands for tons, t. for casks. 



The following is an extract from a letter addressed 

 on the 9tli January, 1832, by Mr. M. Foster fof the 

 then firm of Foster and Smith, New City Chambers) 

 to the Secretary of State for the Colonies : — 



" Within the last twenty years the increase in the 

 trade in palm oil, timber, and beeswax has been very 

 great Attempts are making in Gambia and else- 



