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Sir John Kirk at Zanzibar shows that persistent effort in this direction 
is not without its reward even in a comparatively brief space of time. 
am, &c. 
(Signed) W. T. THISELTON DYER, 
Sir R. W. Herbert, K.C.B. | 
COLONIAL OFFICE to Boyar GARDENS, Kew. 
Sin, Downing Street, 26th January 1889. 
^ I am directed by the Secretary. of State for the Colonies to thank 
you for your letter of the 17th instant on the subject of the agricultural 
experiments which are being made by the Administrator of the Gambia, 
and to transmit to you a copy of the despatch with which our letter has 
been sent to Mr. Carter. 
&e. 
(Si ime Rosert G. W., HERBERT. 
The Director, Royal Dailan Kew. 
LORD KNUTSFORD to ADMINISTRATOR CARTER. 
Sir, Downing Street, 25th January 1889. 
WirH reference to your — separate, of 3rd ultimo, I have 
the bonour io innen it to you a copy of a letter from the Director of 
the Royal Gardens at Kew on the subject of the agrieultural experiments 
which you are pania at the Gambia. 
would suggest that you should communicate with Governor 
iiaiai with the view of obtaining plants, seeds, and information 
from the Lagos Botanical Station, as recommended by Mr. Thiselton 
I fully uid of your efforts to develop the resources of the 
settlement and introduce fresh articles for cultivation, and I shall look 
with interest to see de result of your experim mre 
Administrator Carter. [oa en cci en 
COLONIAL OFFICE to Royan GARDENS, Kew. 
wning Street, AULA. 1889. 
the Gambia on the subject of ails agricultural experiments. 
[ Enclosure. | 
ADMINISTRATOR CARTER to LORD KNUTSFORD, 
Government House, Bathurst, 
My Lom», March 1, 1889. 
I nave the honour to acknowledge your Lordship’s despatch 
No. 7, of the 25th January, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Direc- 
tor of Kew Gardens, having reference to the agricultural experiments 
which I am conducting in “the grounds at Government House in the 
Colon 
2. i am very gratified to receive your Lordship’s approval of my 
efforts in this € and likewise the encouraging remarks of 
Mr. Thiselton Dyer, which I trust will stimulate others besides we ; ds 
to give greater ibas 1% this most important subject, 
