INDEX. 



Advocacy of establishment of Botanic Stations, 249 



Suggestions for guidance of Superintendents thereof, 259 

 Areas of our West African Possessions, 6 



Baobab (Adansonia digitata], 180 



Botanical division of West Africa, by Professor Oliver, and reference to 

 basis therefor, 30 



Cola : — 



Conclusions of Messrs. Heckel and Schlagdenhauffen on its 



analysis, 164 

 Condition of Gold Coast and Lagos Colonies as regards cola, 162 

 Export of cola from Sierra Leone for eight years, 160 

 General distribution of cola to be expected, 164 

 Import from Sierra Leone into Gambia for seven years, 158 

 Means for keeping the cola fresh, 163 

 Properties of the cola, 164 

 The nut in Niam-Niam and Bomou, 163 

 West African present trade monopoly in this article, 164 

 Why cola does not grow up the Gambia, 1 59 

 Cotton : — 



Causes of depression in trade in British West Africa, 140 

 Cotton industry on the Gambia and behind Sierra Leone, 143 

 Export from Gold Coast Colony for eight years, 142 



1, Lagos Colony for five years, 143 



Imports from the United Kingdom into West Africa of cotton 



manufactured, for four years, 146 

 Raw cotton from Portuguese Possessions for eight years, 147 



And front West Africa not particularly designated, for five 

 years, 147 

 Superiority of raw cotton in Portuguese Possessions, 141 

 Crown land in West African Possessions, 6 



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