charaeter. These are just now in a depressed state, and hence it is 
felt that some effort should be made to encourage the growth of coffee, 
cacao, maize, indigo, rice, cotton, ginger, in gira, cocoanuts, 
hear ane and any other plants suited = the soil and c 
. Captain Moloney, C.M.G., the present Governor of. de Colony of 
has given considerable atant d West African produets. 
. has been in correspondence with f 
erra k tedni is a settlement with a coast line of about 180 miles, and 
an area. xe about 3,000 square miles. Agriculture is generally neglected, 
the inhabi l> y the ti hich passes 
ch "Hie Colony’ BOG the interior. An effort has been made to 
1 à botanical station and model farm near Freetown in connexion 
with a botanical society, of which the Hon. S. Lewis is secretary. The 
finances of the Colony appear not to justify direct action being taken by 
the Government, but it is evident that, without official support, the aid 
of a skilled gardener, and regular supplies of seeds and plants, the 
results attained will not have au appreciable effect upon the welfare of 
the eet ent. 
— The Gambia is a comparatively small settlement, the total area being 
P nes iles. The chie fé pih are unión rice, maize, 
: , anc ook -ru c 
ountry last year, he prepared a memorandum on the subject for 
ap ree: the Secretary of State. This m memorandum : 
* Sketch ot the Forestry of Wat Alien, swith Pastioilae: Remet tn ftp 
roducts. By Alfred Moloney, eM. ot the Government — 
"the ur. of Lagos. Mte Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and —— 
