CCCXIX.— GOLD COAST BOTANICAL STATION. 



The interesting Botanical Station established under the auspices of 

 Sir W. Brandford Griffith, K.C.M.G., at Aburi on the Gold Coast has 

 already been noticed (Keic Bulletin, 1891, p. 169; 1892, pp. 14 and 

 297). 



In the present note, embracing communication- received at Kew from 

 the Secretary of State for the Colonies, only the indirect results of the 

 Station are discussed. These have, however, so important a bearing 

 upon the health and well-being of Europeans on the "West Coast of 

 Africa that they deserve to be more widely known. 



Sin, Downing Street, 9th Juno, 1893. 



I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 



from the Gold Coast Colony regarding the excellent, condition an 

 beneficial effects of the Sana tar in m at Aburi. 



About the middle of March, Dr. F.asmon, the Acting ( 

 cal Officer, whose health had lieeome somewhat impaired by ( 

 , requested my permission to come to this Station to recruit. 



since' li<)o! with r^towhk 



•h'lii- Kasmon 



TxptSesh 



rapturous terms 







2. Ten days after my return 







to this Station to reside for s 







new Botanical Station, having 





ne Iron, M« 



my steamer stopped, a dozen 



intelligent K: 

















this wav I had seven acres of 







undergrowth of smaller ones 



and scrub, in 



three Weeks 









land originally cleared around t 





idy one am 



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