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new ber of my staff; but I feel that the situation is of sufficient import- 
ance to demand some sacr ео оп my part. 
On we other hand, Mr. Morris, while equally impressed with the 
importance, and, indeed, те of ће mission, and ee to undertake 
it, is in no degree anxious to do so. While he is ready to go as part of 
his official duties, and therefore does not suggest that any honorarium 
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additional to his pay should be given his services, he very 
properly stipulates und ds mission sha in an y held to 
affect his salary, serv other i dr aab: of his position as a 
member of the staff of this ostablishmen 
A mission of this kind must be r кыы as ап affair of State. It 
must, therefore, be distinetly од that the only official action I 
can take beyond advising it, is to give it my formal sanction. The 
necessary assent of Her Majesty’s Government must be obtained by 
the Secretary of State, and it must filter down to me through the 
regular official channels. 
I am, &e. 
(Signed) W. T. THISELTON DYER. 
Edward Wingfield, Esq., C.B. 
COLONIAL OFFICE to Roya. GARDENS, Krew. 
Sir, Downing ee 26th April 1890. 
I am directed ied Lord Knutsford to aequaint you that, with 
the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of the ‘Treasury, His 
Lordship desires to avail himself of the services of Mr. Morris in 
visiting, in the course of this усе, the following West Indian Islands : 
Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominica, in 
which Botanieal Stations have en or are intended to be established, 
or the purpose of assisting the Colonia Governments in placing these 
institutions on a sound and durable 
Lord Knutsford деги» from pode correspondence, that Mr. 
Morris is willing to undertake such a mission without any honorarium 
in addition to his salary, his expenses, of course, being defrayed by the 
er a in question, and that vou ire willing that he should do 
o request to be informed at what time it would be convenient 
for Mr. Morris to visit the islands. 
&e. 
The Director (Signed) БКовевт G. W. HERBERT. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. | 
Royat GARDENS, Kew, to COLONIAL OFFICE, 
SIR, Royal Gardens, Kew, 2 June 1890. 
I Have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
Aprii 26, in which you request to be informed at what time it is pro- 
posed that Mr. Morris should leave England in order to visit the West 
Indian Islands in which Botanical Stations have been or are intended to 
be established. 
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Wie would be the most convenient date t 
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