ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
In publishing this Report the Committee wish to express their thanks tor the great 
interest and valuable aid rendered in furtherance of the objects of the Expedition, to the 
Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to 
His Excellency Sir George C. Denton, K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Colony, 
to H. M. Brandford Griffith, C.M.G., Officer in charge of the Secretariat, to His 
Honour R. D. Russell, Chief Magistrate, to Capt. Haddon Smith, to Dr. R. M. 
Forde, Colonial Surgeon, to the Government Officials and Officers of the West 
Indian Regiment stationed at Bathurst. The Expedition is especially indebted to 
His Excellency H. M. Brandford Griffith, Acting Governor of the Colony 
during the greater portion of its time spent in the Colony, and to Mrs. Brandford 
Griffith, for their great kindness, and to Lieut. G. C. Young for his assistance during 
the journey up the Gambia River. Due acknowledgment must also be rendered for 
the help of the officials of the African Direct Telegraph Co. and the local agents of 
the Bathurst Trading Co. and the Cie. Francaise de l'Afrique Occidentale, and also to 
Sir Alfred Jones for the many facilities which he kindly placed at the disposal of 
the Expedition. The Committee are also indebted to Mr. F. V. Theobald, M.A., 
for his description of the collection of mosquitoes made during the Expedition. 
