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If in future we ean be of any help to you or to the Governor of Lagos 
in bringing this article before the trade we should be pleased if you 
would make use of us. 
We are, &c. 
(Signed) HARRISON AND JOHNSON. 
| Enclosure No. 3.] 
Messrs. TRELOAR AND Sons to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
68, 69, and 70, Ludgate Hill, E.C., 
Sir, 9th February 1889. 
We are in receipt of your letter of the 5th and of the sample of 
Lagos coir. In our opinion this is badly cleaned or dressed, and not so 
for brush-making as the usual sort. It certainly has no special 
advantages for mat-making, and is not in our opinion calculated to com- 
a high price here. We have seen better fibre sold at public 
auction for 22s. per cwt. in London. 
We are, &c. 
(Signed) TRELOAR AND SONS. 
[Enclosure No. 4.] 
Messrs. Tore AnD BROMLEY to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
116, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C., 
SIR, 19th February 1889. 
confirm our letter of the 11th instant and now beg to hand 
eg to hanc 
you our dcin on the fibre samples you sent. We sell t this will give 
you the information desired. m d you require any other point 
answered we shall be happy to do 
We are, &c. 
(Signed) Tove AND BROMLEY. 
REPORT. 
This fibre would find a ready sale here both for brush and mat 
UNE purposes, but the two sorts should be Pass Separate. For brush- 
or short from the brush fibre. There is also in the sample sent us a 
stuffing of rough fibre in each of bundles; this should be 
avoided as it deteriorates the value considerably ; but if this stuffing 
was separately packed it would also s e der the value 
of the three sorts, if made up in the way we have described, would be 
based on the present value of fibre as follows :— 
Sample. 
No. 1. Brush fibre at 297. to 3il. per ton. 
No. 2. Mat fibre at 18/. to 197. per ton. 
No. 3. Rough stutfing sort at 107. to 117. per ton. 
We return a sample of each quality to show more clearly our meaning. 
The brush fibre, we suggest, should be tied up about the age of our 
: ue No. i You will notice that we have taken your sample 
ived, an ssed it into the above three sorts, which abe mede 
will find np more ciens vm than sending it in the rough condition. 
(Sign » Toye AND BROMLEY. 
