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I requested Mr. Ashmore, the Acting-Colonial Secretary, who has seen a 
good dead of the cultivation of coffee in Ceylon, to undertake this duty, 
and I have now the honour to forward, for your Lordship nation, 
a copy of his interesting report upon the Aburi plantation, and w 
suggest that Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, C.M.G; pen be allowed to EL. 
Mr. Ashmore's paper, as I think it would interest him to see what the 
former states with regard to an undertaking in "Which the Director of 
the Royal Gardens at Kew bas always taken a strong and kindly 
interest, and the RO o: which - has done ag much to promosi 
3. The coffee fas niant by Mr. chor has been sent for. 
I have, &e. 
€ W. Branprorp GRIFFITH, 
The Most Honourable Governor. 
( Enclosure.) 
Rerorr by, = ÅCTING-COLONIAL SECRETARY on bie INSPECTION of 
. the BOTANICAL ION at ABURI 
Dotted Tui Acera for Aburi, Sunday, 28th inten’, at 145 a.m. 
Arrived at Aburi, after walking up from the foot of the hill, between 4 
and 5 d 
‘he road up to Teimang from Christiansborg requires remaking 
Vironghodt, From Teimang up the pass to Aburi it is well traced, and 
on the whole in good order. The portion Heth the village of Aburi 
is in very bad order and in great want of repai 
The village of Aburi is ‘larger than I had ‘expected. It is full of 
ómai manne and is like a coast, not like a bush, village, in that it is 
constructed without any attempt at pin nm JE ate ea es men: are 
three streets in it. - 
Mr. Kemp's house, which I passed and visited on my way ap, d is 
admirably situated on a fairly level open space, looking from the brow 
of the hill over the great plain towards Pram Pram. lt seems to be 
well construeted and simply arranged. Walls built of stone, good stone- 
built go-downs outside. Two very large rooms, I presume a school- 
room downstairs and a pirti yeni Found very pleasant 
quarters at Government House, 
29th instant—In the morning weit round the grounds with Mr. 
Crowther. They are very well — c ser tac Besides English 
vegetables and the flower garden there à 
^. i. a considerable area of Liberian du ; a e ES 
ii. a small area of Arabian coffee ; ms 
iii. a litttle cacao of about a year old under plantata trees for hake ; 
‘iv. i i Siahiderable area, some acres, of quite young cacao under the 
same shade 
v. some timaiderable ae under native products such as sweet 
: ia number uc Michuod. "feit trees, a little india-rubber, some 
<- By far the largest area’ is the Liberian coffee, and it is a very healthy — 
—s cultivation. - It is in severat patches of iie. ages, 
