CCCXXV.— PLANT INDUSTRIES OF LAGOS. 



he important colony of Lagos on the Wesi Coast of AtVica possesses 

 l valuable resources that it i- difficult to over-estimate them. Nume- 

 < articles have already appeared in the Ken- Hull, I'm respecting the 



and climate are well >uited to support a considerable industry. Very 

 valuable information respecting the cultivation by natives already exist- 

 ing in Yorubadand was prepared b\ Mr. Alvan .Millsoti, and published 

 in the Kew Bulletin, 1890, p. 238. 



Recently a very important mission was mid. rlakeii b\ the Governor, 

 Sir Gilbert Carter, K.C.M.G., into the interior of the colony, and the 

 results an; likely to prove of great interest. The indigenous plants 

 noticed in the interior were collected by Dr. Rowland, the medical 

 officer to the mission, and these are now being worked out at Kew. 



In the meantime, the following correspondence has been communi- 

 cated to Kew by the Secretary of State for the Colonies respecting 

 visits paid to the eastern and western di-triets of the colony by the 

 Deputy-Governor, Captain Denton, C.M.G., who was accompanied by 

 .Mr. Henry Milieu, the Curator of the Botanical Station. Mr. Milieu's 

 observations are calculated to prove of general service in drawing atten- 

 tion to the present condition- of industrial enterprise in Lagos. 



Colonial Office to Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Colonial Office, Downing Street, 

 Sir, 25th March 1803. 



I am directed by the Marquess of Ripon to transmit to you tl 

 enclosed copy of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Coven 

 ment of Lagos, forwarding a report by the Curator of the Botan 

 Station on the resources of the western district of the Colony, and I ai 

 to state that his lordship would be glad to be favoured with anyobservs 

 tions which you may have to make upon it. 



I am, &c. 

 The Director, (Signed) John Bramston. 



Royal Gardens, Kew. 



panied by the Curator of tin: liotanie Station on my recent visit to the 

 western district, and I now beg to transmit a roport'ln that officer giving 

 his views on the resources of that part of the Colony and Protectorate 

 from a botanical aspect. 



