n to Mozambique and Nossi i Pe; 
and, if ee and sound andi it fetches ron 40 to 55 dollars a ton. 
E heard € mien I was z Majumba Bay that im grows on the 
sent to Nossi Be, that there were - ! 
anks of ? ya 
irees there, ats I was net to go as small-pox w was raging in all "the: à 
ri wn ; 
ab qvyselt found ebony close t to Ampasimerime, about 20 miles N. E. of 
— nga, marked in Oliver's map incorrectly Pajong; it was here both 
mall in size and quantity ; from there to Ambolivozy, a village on the 
dcos entrance of Moj y, Idi cover any, but i 
see recommence there in small quantities, and extended along 
the southern bank y.. «At Ampasamala t 
were large quantities of sm and at 
At Amboeliana, not far from there, I cut. 
and sent t same to London, and info Emo tat its value ther is from 350 
to 60l. a ton. = Wn. iq 
* $ icy ue spa. e ooi us * * 
1 trees ; 
Androhibe, about 10 miles inland, I saw sinter aei old trees of wes 
sandal-w 
From Soulala to south of TERS (Manitirano exóepled) itis. 
enin to DS. unsafe for a white to go, and impossible = a See 
uth of Morandava aS same Bur o ccurs ; 
Sakalava pwa there are creole traders’ agents for Mob, “of 
Live 
In iti opinion the only way the ebony trade can be worked on this 
coast-is by opening stations on the rivers where the ebony grows, and 
employing Sakalavas and Makoas at a sena wage with an English. 
overseer at each station ; he, of course, would have to take cotton 
| as the wages are mostly paid. in goods, coin bei 
"f hav 
(Signed) Pee C. Kyo 
British Vice Consul. 
J. G. Haggard, Esq., 
; ub EUM. Consul for Madagascar. 
| di Mh ng Lesen in E petu Ws | 
. appears to be little, if at all known, in this country. © Hug 
stated: “I have, just received from Chefoo, North China, ed 
ess Shantung Cabbage seed, and I should like, if poss 
