530 INDEX. 



Dracaenas and aloes, l8i 



So-called West African aloes, i8i 

 Dye-stuffs into United Kingdom, 156 

 Dye-woods : — 



Are camwood and barwood the same botanically ? 139 



Circumstances to be considered in supply of dye-woods, 137 



Gaboon trade, 137 



Imports into United Kingdom from West Africa for eight years. 

 136 

 Whence obtained, 136 



Fanjahiiee, or self fire-consuming tree of the Gambia, 182 



Fibres, West African Colonies, 18B6 Exhibition, Report on, by 



Messrs. Cross and Bevan, 187 

 Visit of West Africa by, or establishment of. Analytical Chemists 



as branches of Medical Departments advocated, 195 * 

 Teleaceae : — 



Bamhusa, 186 



Baukinia artiadata, 184 



Calotropis gigantea, 185 



Cochlospermum gossypium, 184 



Corchorus olitorius, 183 



Eriodendron anfractuosuM^ 184 



Hibiscus cannaUnus, 184 



Hibiscus esculentus, 184 



Musa paradisiaca, 186 



Sida rhombifolia, 184 

 Foreign Possessions : — 

 French, 18 

 German, 24 

 Portuguese, 19 

 Spanish, 23 



General summary of result of late scramble for West Africa, 27 

 Ginger and Pepper industries, 150 



Cubeba Klusii as a substitute for pepper, 152 



General import into United Kingdom of ginger aud pepper for 

 five years, 151 



Preparation of ginger for market, 151 



Superiority of West Indian ginger, 152 



Their export from Sierra Leone for seven years, 150 



