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A somewhat. full account of Gambier is given in the Kew Bulletin for 
1887, pp. 247-253, a copy of which is enclosed. 
ou will easily understand that the delegation of a member 
of the staff of an administrative establishment such as Kew upon a 
mission of this kind is a procedure of an extremely exceptional nature, 
It has only been justified by a sense of the extreme importance at the 
present moment of starting the West. Indies in a direction which there 
is good ground for believing will lead to their ultimate hag уол 
This the West Indies are beginning themselves to understand: 
Morris's assistance to the utmost. There will be every inducement, in 
all probability, brought to bear upon him to prolong his stay, so as to 
give his technical assistance in many matters outside the immediate 
scope of his mission. 
lfeel it, however, my duty to point out that I have obtained the 
assent of my Board for his absence during a period specially limited to 
three months, and I do not think that it would be compatible with the 
due performance of the multifarious and absorbing duties which fall on 
this establishment to entertain any proposal for a prolongation of this 
period. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) W. T. Тніѕкгтох DYER. 
Edward Wingfield, m 5 Us 
Colonial Office, S.W 
he following letters, communicated to this Кыл. a the 
Colonial Office, express the satisfaction of the Governments of the Lee- 
ward and Windward Islands or segre qi at the manner in which Mr. 
Morris carried out his mission 
The Governor or THE LEEWARD ISLANDS to the COLONIAL OFFICE. 
Government House, t idt 
Mx Iano. December 27, 1 
І wave the honour to report that Мг. D. Morin ^A jo sistant 
Director = the Royal Gardens at Kew, arrived in the Colony, and in 
visit, and an impetus has been given, by his energy and — Ы to the 
development of eultural weinen for which I desire to express to your 
Lordship my warm acknowledgme 
Mr. Morris has now seen эе himself, and, I believe is — 
pressed to your Lordship my own opinion, that these islands may 
become whatever your Lordship chooses, and the present appears to be 
à favourable opportunity for taking active measures. 
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Public meetings were held in Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominica, and 
Montserrat, which were well attended, and at all of which. much 
interest was shown, with the evident desire of obtaining instruction. 
The Gambier plants have thriven in Dominica with great success, 
and I propose to open a Government plantation for the cultivation 
Gambier, for, if attention in 
exceptional advantages offered in Dominica for the cultivation of various 
