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Sir ALFRED MoLoNEx to Lorp KNUTSFORD. 
Government House, Lagos, 
Мт Lorp October 2, 1890. 
Tux sea-board of Yoruba, Е by the Colony of Lagos, 
is rich in valuable woods, and the work of inland waterways ex- 
= favours the dévelopient. or a profitable export timber 
rade. 
2. I have the honour fo transmit a circular I have issued, having for 
its object the direction of commercial attention to such а n enter rise. 
3. I shall be obliged if Ems Lordship will allow edili circulation 
thereof as will promote its object. 
I am, &c. 
(Signed) ALFRED MOLONEY, 
The Right Hon. pent Кача G.C.M.G., Governor. 
&c. 
| Circular. | Colorial Secretariat, Lagos, 
Septembe 1890. 
I Ax directed by his Excellency the Governor to draw your at ttention 
to the advisability of securing for examination and report suitable 
samples of the various valuable timbers of Yoru 
There is no doubt that in the interior, and, indeed, at no great distance 
from the grand network of inland waterways which extends in every 
direction throughout this Colony, there exist a large number and variety 
of excellent timber trees, and that this part of West Africa, in common 
with the Gambia ы the Gold Coast, is rich in cabinet woods of good 
quality and appeara 
All that is пей. у= make these woods an object of demand in the 
European market would appear to be a more complete knowledge of 
their commercial value, and the conditions under which Ad should be 
shipped. The celebrated oe ==: the Gambia in * Mahogany ” (Khaya 
senegalensis) and in Rosewood (Pter rocarpus erin nhe is rapidly 
reviving, and from the Gold Coast, celebrated for its Odoom ( Chlorophora 
Pas synonymous with Ir oko, of Yoruba), an encouraging timber 
rt has been established. Under these circumstances it would seem 
Нан that, with proper encouragement and advertising, the timbers of 
Yoruba would become a qu addition to the commerce of 
The appended list of n in the Yoruba language will serve “to 
indicate the different vali of timber which are at present most 
valued, жазны, for cabinet work, house and canoe building, and 
ship Companies have generously о offered to co-operate with the Govern- 
ment in its endeavours to secure the establishment of any such enterprise 
in а 
The logs should be complete sections of the stems of the trees from 
whisk they are taken, should be cut from fully grown timber, an 
should be from four to six feet in length. The bark should be retained 
uninjured as far as possible. 
All who are interested in the development of the commerce of the 
country are invited to рза with the Government in this matter. 
