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THE Survey Department of the Gold Coast, -which was closed during the war, was reopene? in 1920 by the present Governor, Sir F. G. Guggisberg, who had formerly initiated the survey of a considerable portion of Nigeria. The long cessation of survey work on the Gold C??t had left matters in a backward state. To cope with immediate needs the department was strengthened, and it is believed that by 1924 the lost ground will have been regained and the country will be provided with a modern survey department. Lieut.—Col.. R. H. Rowe is in charge of the new department, with Maj. G. H. Bell at the head of the field - work. The survey parties are organised in three sections which refit in England from July to September, when they leave for the Gold Coast in order to take full advantage of the “dry” season. Each section is divided into several completely equipped “field camps' under European surveyors.
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The Gold Coast Survey. Nature 111, 166 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111166a0
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