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working, and with their concurrence I beg to request that your 
lordship may be pleased to sanction a vote on the Supplementary 
Estimate for £950, which would represent the initial expense of 
the adoption of the scheme, including the ee of land, plant, 
&c., and another for £220, which would be about the pro portionate 
annual expense for the "died concluding seen: of this year, 
about the commencement of which period I hope the scheme may 
ed 
6. Turning to the consideration of the different items. 
Initial rihh. — A very suitable piece of land on the Pademba 
road, known as the French Company’s farm, is for sale; I have 
visited it with Mr. Lewis; it seems well adapted for our purpose 
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labourers if necessary, and a p beara: in whic am ‘informe d 
there is ; toit G coffee trees, and adjoining it there is land 
which ign be acquired if necessary at easy Pee 
I hav t been able to obtain as yet the exact acreage of the 
eeserty: = vaf it is, I believe, about 50, and Diebefojo pi sufficient 
French Co ompany to 
reference to your lordship, and this they ta consented to do; in 
the meantime, the Acting Queen's Advocate and the officer 
charge of the Survey Dep artment, will aii all the necessary 
information regarding title deeds, plan s &c. I may mention that 
it is considered that this property is basis offered on very cheap 
terms, and 1 may add that Mr. Crowther, who is the Curator of 
the Botanie Garden at Accra, when he visited this colony in 
March last, in compliance with your lordship's UE 
inspected it and prod favourably on it for a botanic garden 
and vibe uy 
the scheme. At present the berry is so bruised and broken by the 
crude methods employe d by the native cultivators that it does not 
command the best prices; it is hoped that when the cultivators 
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that others will commence the industry. 
8. T trust that I have pameidutly demonstrated to d'une UE 
that there are good reasons for the adoption of a schem 
similar to that proposed by Mr. PR and I may add that nin a 
view of obtaining public opinion as to its details Aes given 
instructions for it to be published in de Royal Gaze 
I have, &c., 
(Signed) F. CARDEW, 
Administrator. 
The Right Honourable 
The ‘Marquees of Ripon, K.G., &c., &c.,, &e. — 
