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CorLoNIAL Orrice to RoraAt GARDENS, Kew. 
Sir, Downing Street, January 30, 1891. 
Iam directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to 
transmit to you, for your information, the бн, paper relating 
to the Botanic station at Lagos. 
am, &с. 
(Signed) Rosert С. W. HERBERT. 
The Director, Royal Gardens, 
Kew. 
Sir А. Motonsy to Lorp KNUTSFORD. 
vg inae чо Lagos, 
My Говь, ember 31, 
N x continuation of my Despatch, No. 386, “of the sath ultimo, 
I have the honour to transmit the twelfth report on the Botanic Station 
of the Colony of аф for the quarter ended the 30th of September ' 
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lants and 32 ounees of Annatto seed have been sold in 
шон t = yield of the vegetable garden. The plants — 
chiefly of 1,180 coffee, 800 annatto, 49 cacao, and 300 с 
58. 
3. The "ris realised by the sale of the products of this department 
was rd ud 
— were made to the женеп during the quarter, 
acknowledgmen ts of which are detailed in the 
_ 9. The rainfall has considerably exceeded without harm that for the 
corresponding periods of 1887, 1888, and 1889. 
6. The graceful and useful beef-wood tree, Casuarina muricata, 
thrives luxuriantly even along the sand beaches in close proximity to 
the sea. 
7. A small nursery of fbre-yielding plants of commercial importance 
ar been established in the Western District. 
8. There has continued the usual activity in the diréction of the 
extension of the d — d in the form of =e were to the 
local nurseries and of plan out seedlings in permanent p 
9. I regret that some Cn y fire, which is to be attributed to 
accident, D verre to the Government cocoa-nut plantations in the 
Western District, the effect of which cannot yet be accurately gauged. 
The copious rain vwd has since fallen it is expected will revive many. 
a aes (Signed) ALFRED MOLONEY, 
The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G., Governor. 
&с. &c, &е. 
