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I have the honour to state that the matter has been duly referred to 
the Society, which, with the object of securing a complete and accurate 
information on all points embraced by Mr. Morris's questions, bad them 
published in the i pet and invited answers from any person who 
could give informatio 
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The chief fruits exported in a green state from Sierra Leone are 
pine-apples, bananas, plantains, pears, mangoes, limes, and oranges, of 
e-a 8 ritain 
as exporte that year alone. This quantity can be annually main- 
tained and oec ina increased if the trade were remunerative, and 
sustained by the fruits arriving at their destination in bad SU has 
checked the continuity of the supply and growth of export 
Almost the whole of the bananas, plantains, pears, aha limes, 
and oranges grown in Sierra Leone, go to the Genis; Goree and 
Senegal, whilst some pines also are exported to those place 
It will be seen from the table annexed that the ud esie and indeed 
nearly all the fruits of Sierra Leone are in sens from January to April, 
though some are obtainable throughout the 
re is no export of preserved enis aad "lio cocoa-nut is the only 
fruit of the Settlement exported in a dry state, and in that state, in which 
it takes the name of coprah, it is not used as fruit. "But the waste of 
economie matter in the shape of shell, husk and fibre thrown away after 
of 
growth since last year of an export of cocoa-nuts in husk, — s 
Europe, where the now w neglected materials may be used in the 
facture of ropes and matting, and the kernel in its fresh state sd X as 
ruit, 
Besides the la. ede just made relative to cocoa-nuts, it is not 
rink of record regarding the mango that its abundance and cheap- 
ess here, and 1 the capacity which Sierra Leone has for its increased 
production, are conditions icm point to the necessity for studying ho 
and where it may be turned to account as an article of export, either 
n, to be used in the muatintactare of spirits which it is said may = 
in. 
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preserved state afresh state, and before it is fully ripe, it 
is employed Totaly as, asdi is found to "pn a good iebeiitite for, English 
apple-sa 
Like pine-apyles, the other exportable fruits above referred to may be 
produced in larger quantities than the present yield, but the drawbacks 
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steam vessels now poe een Aes Sierra Leone, and for Europe, 
the absence of quick transit, as well as the absence of vessels specially 
adapted for receiving and conve: ^ rui 
The export trade in two of the “fruits of the Settlement is likely to 
gain a new impetus, viz., cashew and velvet tamarind; for the stone of 
