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miles of the way in a hand-cart. The road was good, and I might have 
been drawn the whole way in the cart had I been so сліна а. Returning 
yesterday, І left Aburi at 12.35 p.m., and reached Christiansborg 
‘at 6.35, thus taking only six hours en route and travelling 16 miles in 
a hand- cart 
2. I found the station in excellent order, which left nothing to be 
desired on the part of the Curator, Mr. Crowther, so far as I can see. 
hen І arrived at Aburi in March 1890, I found one acre of land clear 
of bush and forest trees. I cleared seven acres myself eig and 
shorily after, the arrival of Mr. Crowther in the same month; since 
then Mr. Crowther has cleared 15 acres, two acres a of which юта of 
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from Monrovia as a permanent labour gang have for the most part 
turned out well and built themselves neat and comfortable Bd to which 
are attached patches of garden land which they work for themselves. 
The rainfall el Es. year Mr. Crowther has been at Aburi was 60 inches, 
but heavy mists prevail in the early morning throughout the year, 
. which are Bie “helpful to plants. He has pes pusaq] health the 
whole time. He has hardly lost any of all the different kinds of 
valuable economic plants which have been received toa various 
quarters. Liberian coffee has grown very well; there are some 7} 
acres = А planted out, 3} permanently and the rest for transplanting 
pur The annatto dye plants, some six feet high, are flourishing. 
The different fruit plants are very promising. The е Egyptian с cotton grew 
well. Since the local publication of the peti last with regard to 
this йад, applications have been received for supplies of a from 
Messrs. Bannerman and Fearon, two deeds ptio proprietors, which 
I regard as a hopeful sign. The beefwood (Casuarina етедь d 
trees which have been planted are eiae we 
ived from Paris has failed. The leaf of the tobacco не is 
splendid, but it is a question whether the climate will admit of its 
curing by other than artificial means. There is no native demand 
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vegetables has met with the greatest success. The lettuce I tasted 
there was as ncs as that of the best European gardens. I 
make permanent arrangements for the transport to Accra of green food 
ana зб аети fn of cost to the officers, looking to their importance as 
a means of the promotion of health. "The different varieties of ornamental 
plants have grown Mic as have also kola nuts and shea butter trees, 
indigenous to the country. The soil has proved to be of the richest, and 
on the sides of the hills is of good depth. I was glad to observe patches 
of clearing on the mountain slopes facing the Basel Mission Station of 
Abokobi, at the foot of the range. Along the road to Accra also I saw 
much more evidence of country gardening than has ever been attempted 
before. Iam told that the natives come and look on at the operations 
at Aburi with interest, and when the results of the agriculture and 
arboriculture which are being pursued become more patent than they 
or now are, the model which is thus put before them cannot, I should 
think, fail to impart ed them the desired industrial stimulus; this may 
take time to effec t I doubt not as to its ultimate success, if the 
management of vw ation should proceed as well as it has com онен. 
