Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed material and press cutting regarding economic and botanical subjects in Sierra Leone, in particular agriculture, forestry, appointments, and on sending specimens to Kew. Includes letters to and from Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Hill, Chipp, and Sampson. Includes correspondence with the Colonial Office and reports by R J Wilkinson, Governor of Sierra Leone.
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
-- Agricultural Development -- (Ff202-) Papers regarding agricultural development, including irrigation, wild rice [Oryza Barthii] and sending botanical specimens to Kew. See also 'Forest Department Report', ff82-201.
-- Dawe, M T -- (Ff375-455) Correspondence between Kew and M T Dawe, including regarding kolas, nanga cotton, ginger, the branching of oil palms, appointments, and on sending specimens for the Kew Museum.
-- Forest Reserves -- (Ff61-78) Papers regarding proposed formation of forest reserves.
-- Forest Department Report -- (Ff82-201) Papers regarding forestry and agriculture, with reports by C E Lane-Poole, including regarding destruction of virgin forest and oil palms, and the cultivation of cassada and para rubber.
-- Johnson, Sir H H -- (Ff42-43).
-- Keys, Alfred -- (Ff443-447, 456-458).
-- Quinton, J P -- (Ff1-60) Papers regarding appointment of John Purcell Quinton as Curator of the Botanic Station, Sierra Leone, his passage on the West African steamers, health, conduct, engagement in Liberia, and subsequent correspondence with Kew.
-- Waterland, H -- (Ff81, 363-374) Papers regarding appointments, and proceedings following assault.
-- Whitwell, Col R H -- (Ff46-47).
Volume also includes papers regarding (ff79, 467-469) sending yams to Kew, (f80) motor tractor use, and (ff459-466) further appointments. |