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snc os details respecting the exports of Lagos piita have 
ived from the Government of the Colony :— 
Colonial imet s Office, Lagos, 
Jan 3; 
Dzan THISELTON-DYER 
E a return psy the export of rubber during 1895. 
‘Tremendous, is it not? It seems to be the Pecan opinion that there 
will be a considerable falling off this year, but - tion if — cant 
of 
speak with any degree of certainty on this point 
x. wm rg fe) a good year dh the whole ; revenue, 142,0001., ‘the 
largest on "Toit. 
Believe me, &c., 
(Signed) GEORGE C. Denton. 
ExronT of RUBBER from the Colony of Lacos from lst January to 
31st December 1895 
Month. Weight in lbs, Value. 
Se c oe NIC PEO 
n - - E - 21,131. SK 719183 .10 —8.-- 
February - - - - 15,888 171—971 
March - - - - 26,316 1419 7 8 
April i : . 9,763 2078 16 6 
May - - - 216,916 114700 ..0..% 
June - - - - 268,619 12,577. 2 6 
July - - - - - 461,765 92,593 13 
August  - - - - 354,990 19,951 18 3 
September - - z " 673,160 36,172 19 9 
etober - B - - 1,059,158 57,117 
November - - - - 983,394 52,802 13 0 
December - - - - j. 948,404 51 
Total - - - 5,069,504 269,892 13 10 
E. A. LovELL, Collector of Customs. 
DIX.—COFFEE PLANTING IN LAGOS. 
Coffee planting is being energetically extended in West A frica.: 
This part of the world is the home of more than one species yielding 
commercial coffee. Chief amongst these is the Liberian coffee which 
potias at sea level. "This has long been grown in the native state of 
"Beads of Liberian coffee were received at Kew in Hi from a small 
plantation on the Secocm River near merge on the As oast. “The 
plants raised from these seeds at were the fi dE grown in this 
country. In 1874 and 1876 léger. ijp of seed were obtained 
i ia, th agency of Mr. Thies Irvine, of 
the firm of James Irvine & Co., of Liverpool. e plants were 
distributed from Kew to tropical botanical gardens throughout the 
Empire."—(Kew Bulletin, 1890, pp. 245 -253.) Coffee cultivation 
is now being carried on under European supervision both at the Gold 
