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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 10 - Tropical Africa
  - 7 - Nigeria

Ref No	MCR/10/7/10
Alt Ref No	MR/486
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 10.36
Title	Nigeria: Royal Niger Company
Description	Manuscript letters and reports, printed documents with printed maps, illustrations and press cutting regarding the Royal Niger Company, including the sending of botanical specimens, appointment of Kew trained gardeners, reports on the cultivation of economic products, and the relationship between Kew and the Company. Includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer, Morris and Nicholson, with letters and memorandums by Thiselton-Dyer, Jackson, Morris, Oliver and Watson. Includes correspondence with The Royal Niger Company, including George Taubman Goldie. Volume is arranged in the following sections: -- Niger Company -- (Ff1-48) Papers regarding the history of the Royal Niger Company, products for the Kew Museum, and papers discussing the relationship between the Company and Kew, and the right of Kew to communicate with the gardeners. Includes: - THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY. CONCISE HISTORY BY THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR (1887). -- Experimental Plantations: Abutshi -- (Ff49-88) Papers regarding progress in cultivating economic products, including reports by George Woodruff. -- Gardener for Asaba: G Woodruff -- (Ff89-110) Papers regarding appointment of George Woodruff as gardener for Asaba, transfer to Abutshi, and on botanical matters. Includes references for Woodruff, and reports of his death. -- Second Gardener: H E Bartlett -- (Ff111-129) Papers regarding appointment and death of Harold Edmund Bartlett. Includes references. -- Gamboge -- (Ff130-137) Papers regarding samples of Gamboge, with report and illustrations by W H Crosse.
Date	26 May 1858-20 Apr 1896
Format	Manuscript papers
	Published documents
	Press cuttings
	Illustration
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English

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