Lauracee are numerous in species in the ot oe en Feb 
several species of Machilus with excellent wood. One of the lodi 
*]am-a" wood (“nan mu" o andarin speech) is Mich used for 
a 
m ein Kaki, “the persimmon,” is cultivated for its fruit. Another 
species small tree on Apes Hill, while at the South Cape a 
third vais; with large hairy fruit, is common; but the source of 
the ebony (“o-ma-ts‘a”), which i s bighly valuable, and common in 
the southern dominas is not yet satisfactorily made out. 
Maples are scaree, d three or four species in all. Styraz, 
mplocos, Eugenia, and Calophyllum, and numerous other genera 
with excellent wood are well represeuted in the mountains 
DVIIL—NEW RUBBER INDUSTRY IN LAGOS— 
(continued). 
(Kickzia africana, Benth.) 
The rubber industry at Lagos of which an account was given in the 
Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 241-247 (with a plate), affords one > of the most 
remarkable instances of the rapid development of an industry that has 
taken place in recent years in 2 British Colony. It owes its existence 
to a wild plant which was only discovered in Lagos within the last two 
or three years. It was found to be new as a source of rubber, although 
there is now ene to believe it had yielded some of that form erly 
exported from the Gold Coast. At the present time Kickxia rubber from 
This was praetically the beginning of the industry. In December 1895 
the exports had increased to 948,000 ibs. of the value of 51,4887. 9s. 4d. 
From a recent return, communicated to Kew by the Government of 
Lagos, the total pais during the year 1895 amounted to 5,069,504 Ibs. 
(2263 tons) of the value of 269,892/. 13s. 10d. This considerable 
industry has tenti been called into existence within 12 months. 
The rubber is purely a forest product, and the collection and pes 
of it have been effected by means of native labour. The success of the 
industry is another indication of the undeveloped resources of our West 
African Colonies. It is only a few years ago that a somewhat similar 
though more gradual, rubber industry was called into existence at the 
Gold Coast. The origin of this is given in the following extract 
& Colonial Office Report on the Economie Agriculture of the Gold 
Coast in 1889 (C. O., 110, 1890): * Although the youngest of our 
industries, the preparation of india-rubber is now only second in 
importance to that of palm-oil Attention was first EM. to n 
Mi the by Sir Alfred Pat (now d r of 
a to 4 i: 
During the year 1893 the Gold Coast E RAN rubber. io the extent 
of 3,395,990 Ibs., and of is value of 218,1627. 2 ME 
