ROYAL R KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 120.] DECEMBER. [1896. 
DXXXIX.—A RETROSPECT, 1887-C6. 
he completion of the tenth annual volume of the Kew Bulletin has 
made it desirable to publish a detailed index to the whole series. 
the number of volumes has increased it has become more difficult to find 
the information they may contain on any particular subject 
The opportunity may be taken to pass in review briefly the more 
important subjects which have been treated. This will have the more 
pra est as the period covered has been ore is more than usual activity 
n the development of our tropical possession 
Kew, from its first establishment as a national institution in 1841, 
regarded as insufficient, and a demand arose for the npt publication 
for general use of any information likely to be of service to those engaged 
in colonial pursuits. With this object the first number of the Bulletin 
was issued in January 1887. But it was also intended to serve another 
purpose. When public attention is engaged by any paiticular eer 
enquiries about it are numerous. ‘To sa all there is to be said about it, 
members of the general E interested in planting or agricultural 
business in India and the colon 
On March 18, 1887, the First Commissioner of Her Mao s aim 
ons 
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* Pane Mie originally intended to be “ eceasional.” It has 
been found practically possible to keep up an absolutely artes 
onthly issue. This, however, has been approached as nearly as 
circumstances would allow, 
e original intention was to contine the Bulletin to colonial and 
commercial information. The suggestion of a larger scope having been 
1375.—8,97. Wt. 192. A 
