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AS expert adviser in botanical and agricultural questions to the recent West India Commission, Dr. Morris undertook the preparation of a lengthy report dealing with the economic resources of those Colonies, the causes of whose distress were the subject of investigation. This paper formed Appendix A of the Report of the Commissioners which was issued last autumn, and the praise bestowed on it as an interesting and valuable survey by one who was specially qualified both by general and local knowledge to undertake the task, induced the Secretary of State for the Colonies to rescue it from the oblivion which is the fate of many important papers appearing in Blue Books. Mr. Chamberlain's desire to have it published in a form more accessible and convenient for the public here and in the Colonies, has resulted in its being converted into an independent volume, and now appears as the first number of an Additional Series of the Kew Bulletin. For this purpose the work has been revised and enlarged, a full account of the botanical organisation of each Colony, and lists of books and papers containing further information, being added.
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H., H. West Indian Resources1. Nature 57, 464–465 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057464a0
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