Letters:

These papers rebut Lugard's assumptions of Chartered Company trading profits [see fol. 327], and point out existing hindrances for the reconstituted Company; Moor's 'opening up' of the Igbarra district is held responsible for 'appalling' oil and kernel prices; his offer to transport Puttkamer's party up to Lokoja is seen as provocative to Lugard; Miller, recalling previous trouble with Puttkamer (1877, over Hoenigsberg), suggests cancelling Watts's proffered assistance.