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door-post in use by the natives of this Province, for deposit in 
the Museum at Kew Gardens, I have the honour, by direction, to 
forward herewith a bill of lading for one case containing a Totem- 
nore ae by the parpi * Seestem," which sailed for London 
e 15th November las 
a5 pom send by ism post two photographs taken by Dr. 
Charles F. Newcombe, M.D., who pur@hased iet post on behalf of 
this Government. Of t these, one shows part of the deserted 
Queen Charlotte Islands, where the Totem was bought, and the 
other shows it 2» situ heer eats in front of the house to which it 
belonged, 
- Newcombe further repone that “the Totem-pole formed 
the front and wy entrance to the house of Mrs. Thomas Moody. 
It is made of Cedar t d gigantea) and is about 20 years te 
Its position ie regard «i the frame of the house is shown in 
photograph No.1. Between the ears of the Totem projected the 
end of the ridge pole which rested on the top of the Totem 
helping to keeping it in place. The pole was, furthermore, set 
about four feet in the ground, but had very slight support from 
bes building. It represents the crest of the deu owner's family, 
n eagle over another animal, species aie sd 
oti 
Co reete A. CAM PBELL REDDIE, 
The Director, eputy Provincial Secretary. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Kola in the Lagos Hinterland.—In an account of a tour made 
last year by Messrs Leigh and Dawodu at the request of the 
Government of Lagos, to instruct the natives in right methods 
for extracting rubber from Kickxia africana without asks. 
the trees, the following particulars are given wodu of 
of Kola trees (Cola acuminata) met with during the journey :— 
* We left Ile-Ife and Modakeke on the 7th April and went to 
Ikere, an important town in the Ekiti country, and a centre of the 
rubber industry. 'The route was through forest and hilly lands 
previously seen. The Kola-nut tree (the Abata variety) abounded 
in these parts and. one often walked throu ugh groves of it before 
entering a town. The trees were all in a most flourishing 
condition, always bearing heavy and abundant crops. Indeed 
the Ekiti country is famed for its Kola trees and the cultivation 
of them is brought to great perfection by the natives.’ 
Gutta Percha.—The series of Cantor ating on hors Percha 
delivered before the Society of Arts by Dr. Eugene Obach in 
November and December last has no ae been ublished in a 
Separate volume with numerous illustrations. ` "Tt forms an 
exhaustive summary of all that pertains to the gutta percha 
industry and contains numerous appendices with analytical and 
statistical tables. The assistance afforded by Kew is fully 
acknowledged, 
