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which I have now had in almost Le meis operation in Brass River 
since. 1878, and which does its w in the most satisfactory manner, 
provided the nuts are brought to it Pun. The labour in connexion with 
it is only that necessary to bring the nuts to the feed, and carry away 
the shell and kernel when cracked. The latter are separated at once 
the external coat or fibre which may get through the machine and float 
with the koi bos in the bath, and also to dry them thoroughly 
There would appear to be nothing to prevent a large and growing 
business to be done with these machines in the Oil Rivers, as there 
the difficulty of carriage does not obtain, the country being canalised by 
nature to an extent unknown until a short time ago, even to the oldest 
traders, 
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I should be glad Es you could give me any iid x de * eold "' 
process [for extracting palm oil] referred to as being in use at Lagos. 
ours, de 
(Signed) G. A. Moore. 
P.S.—One more remark I would like to add, viz., there would be n 
pecuniary P in erushing kernels on the coast instead of here and on 
the Continen : 
PD. Mass Esq., G. A. M. 
Royal Gar dens, Kew. 
Royat GARDENS, Kew, to COLONIAL OFFICE. 
Royal ed Kew 
Sir, h Se eptember 1891. 
I am desired by Mr. I eios gf "s i m you that an 
extract respecting the African oil palm m (Eleis guineensis), taken from 
the report of the Commission appointed in 1887 to consider the pro- 
motion of economie agrieulture on the Gold Coast, has appeared in the 
J ird number of the Kew Bulletin [1891, p. 190]. 
ttention is drawn in this extract to the superior quality of palm 
gom Lagos, which is described as the purest known. It is men- 
tioned that this superior quality may, in some measure, be due to the 
“cold” process of manufacture pursued at Lagos a to the 
“hot” process pursued at the Gold Coast and other 
evident that such details would be of general value to weld in this 
country interested in West African industries as well as to people in 
Africa. 
4. Under these circumstances Mr. Thiselton-Dyer would venture to 
suggest that an application be made to the Government of Lagos for an 
account of the palm oil industry as exte in that Colony and especially 
in regard to the special process Hn esses there employed for 
E oil from the pericarp of the palm nuts, 
receipt of the information now desired Mr. ARMS 
would be glad to arrange for a summary of it to appear in the Kew 
Bulletin. 
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: I have, &c. 
The Hon. R. H. Meade, C.B., (Signed) D. Morris. 
Colonial Office. 

