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intended that suitable plants and seeds may shortly be Weg e a 
moderate price to native and European cultivators and settle They 
have also established in the >. ag ood of Abutshi a second 
experimental administrative plantation for the growth of coffee and 
ocoa, for the purpose of similar distribution to all who may desire to 
cultivate those products. 
Roxarn Nicer Company to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
Surrey House, Victoria Embankment, W.C., 
Sir, 19 September 1 
I am desired by Sir George Goldie to ask you to be good enough 
to inform Mr. Thiselton Dyer that while the plantation No. 2 at 
"Abutshi, to which Mr. Bartlett is specially going, and which contains a 
far not proved satisfactory owing to the too great dryness and lightness 
of the soil at the latter place. Instructions have therefore been sent 
to e ыл eats s transfer plantation No. 1 as soon as possible 
fro o the e loamy soil at Abutshi, rather lower down 
river ieri on he бым side, where Mr. ruff will manage it as 
heretofore. Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Bartlett will thus be cl 
neighbours, and will have the advantage of each other’s mutual advice, 
while each will have his independent сузбе: to look after, and will 
thus be spurred on to make it a success. 
Meanwhile, as the failure has largely affected the tobacco plants, 
Sir George Goldie will be greatly obliged if Mr. Thiselton Dyer could 
kindly supply a second set of tobacco seeds similar to those already sent, 
and of which I append a list 
Tam, &с. 
(Signed) Евер. W. Brett. 
D. Morris, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 
LETTER from H. E. BARTLETT. 
c/o Royal Niger Company, 
Akassa, West Coast of Africa, 
DEAR ——, November 3, Tl 
what I imagined it to be. A hundred years and more of British rule 
have had their results, and, as a consequence, Sierra Leone boasts o 
of the refinements of civilisation ; artisans and mechanics of all 
and a poor 
glass at that. A glass of lemonade ran me е 94. Тһе poptalšea і is of 
course all black. There are a few resident whites, but black par 
excellence is the colour, and there is quite as much difference between 
"as is observable at home. The educated natives speak 
English beautifully. A lawyer came on board and went as far as Cape 
Coast Castie, and it was a positive pleasure to hear that man speak ; 
and he, in colour, was almost ebony black. I was disappointed in my 
wish to see Mr. Lewis (who has formed extensive plantations here), as 
