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GARDE

C O.

18043

BOLMAY 04

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

May 19, 1904.

422

Sir,

I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hong Kong, on the subject of cotton cultivation in the colony. The Superintendent states that "seed can be obtained through Kew" and that he "has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose".

2. There is apparently some misapprehension as to the part which Kew can play in the matter. For many years past anticipating what it was inevitable would happen, through the good offices of the United States Government and latterly through those of the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture in the West Indies, I have obtained small quantities of cotton seed of good quality and these I have distributed to the various colonial Botanical Stations and ...

Esq., C.B.,

Colonial Office,

C.P. Lucas.

Downing Street,

S.W.

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GARDE C O. 18043 BOLMAY 04 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. May 19, 1904. 422 Sir, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hong Kong, on the subject of cotton cultivation in the colony. The Superintendent states that "seed can be obtained through Kew" and that he "has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose". 2. There is apparently some misapprehension as to the part which Kew can play in the matter. For many years past anticipating what it was inevitable would happen, through the good offices of the United States Government and latterly through those of the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture in the West Indies, I have obtained small quantities of cotton seed of good quality and these I have distributed to the various colonial Botanical Stations and ... Esq., C.B., Colonial Office, C.P. Lucas. Downing Street, S.W.
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GARDE C 0. 18043 BOLMAY 04 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. May 19, 1904. 422 sir, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hong Kong, on the subject of cotton cultivation in the colony. The Superintendent states that "seed can be obtained through Kew" and that he "has received instructions to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best kinds of seed for the purpose". 2. There is apparently some misapprehension as to the part which Kew can play in the matter. For many years past anticipating what it was inevitable would happen, through 鸞 the good offices of the United States Government and latterly through those of the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture in the West Indies, I have obtained small quantities of cotton seed of good quality and these I have distributed to the various colonial Botanical Stations and Esq., C. B., Colonial Office, C. P. Lucas. t Downing Street, S. W.
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GARDE

C 0.

18043

BOLMAY 04

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

May 19, 1904.

422

sir,

I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from

the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation

Department, Hong Kong, on the subject of cotton cultivation

in the colony. The Superintendent states that "seed can be

obtained through Kew" and that he "has received instructions

to communicate with Kew with a view to obtaining the best

kinds of seed for the purpose".

2. There is apparently some misapprehension as to the

part which Kew can play in the matter. For many years past

anticipating what it was inevitable would happen, through

鸞

the good offices of the United States Government and

latterly through those of the Imperial Commissioner of

Agriculture in the West Indies, I have obtained small

quantities of cotton seed of good quality and these I have

distributed to the various colonial Botanical Stations and

Esq., C. B.,

Colonial Office,

C. P. Lucas.

t

Downing Street,

S.

W.

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