oa "e e 
in T fresh d amongst tribes living outside the aetual omes of 
nstance, in the year n according to a report 
furciibet by eiii Administrator Berke ie pe we of the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, 1880, p. 14), there were tfe ed into the Gambia from 
Sierra Leon e 743,000 pounds of eola nuts, and ia rds was rapidly 
increasing. 
- Of late years a demand has arisen in this country for cola nuts 
or. purposes of experiment and for wr into a preparation 
similar to chocolate and cocoa. How this demand is likely to be 
'rmanent it is cy a say. Ce to a correspondent in the 
city “ there has been a great rise in the price of cola nuts during this 
* year, I believe from about 4d. per pound to 2s. and 2s. 6d. per 
** pound.” Further, he adds, ‘the rise in the price of cola nuts is 
* owing to the action of a merchant here, who has bought up all he 
* ean to make nu: cola chocolate." 
been the low price offered for them in this country. o doubt the 
present extraordinarily high prices will stimulate shipments "front all 
s of the world, and the market will be so fully supplied that prices 
will naturally fall. From the trade reports given in the Chemist and 
Roo od ist the present phase of the market in cola nuts is shown as 
Be Oct. 4th, 1890. Kola nuts still continue to rise in b and from 
es to 25. 3d. per pound has been paid this week for fair dried 
“October 18th, 1890. Kola nuts have much advanced this week, 
as taken place. At to-day’s auction one barrel very good 
d ht West Indian kolas was put up and zs with strong competition 
ati niy pri rice of 2s. 5d. per pou 
. In a speech by Sir Alfred Moloney, KCM .G., the Governor of 
„agos, on the occasion of the opening of steam communication with 
S August 13th last, the eE. remarks occur :— 
In view ew of the rapid passage th will now be the ompared 
with the sailing ship va the kola ron ought to admit of sf obhsiderable 
on, : 
demand in Brazil, kf that what costs here 2s. 6d. realises there 6s.” 
The fol ollowing uu ume i is interesting, establishing the actual 
existence of the trad 
Fonai Orr. to c — Kew. 
SIR, — gn Office, e 3, 1890. 
I Aat directed by the Ma: Var apat to transmit herew ith, 
for your information, copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at 
Bahia containing a report on de. use and properties of the kola 
n, &c. 
The Director, Royal DN Kew. deta "T. V. LisTER. 
‘{Enelosure-] 
My EE. Bahia, September 6t 6th h, 1890. 
E the honour to bring under your Lordship’ s notice, in the 
the great 
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= event that M may prove useful to Her Majesty's War 
