Also includes an undated statement by Rev. B. Maxwell Macbrair on the same subject. (Copy.)

He presents this report as proof of the baleful effect the neighbouring French settlement of Goree (Gorée Island) had on the British settlement.

The subjects covered were health, the language, religion, geography, cotton-growing, commerce, the purchase of land, the possibilities for expeditions, British settlement, and mission work.

Fox states that the Wesleyan Missionary Society could in no way provide the money for such purchase, and that the government should produce it, but he thought it possible that public interest at that particular time might be induced to bring it about. His intention was to consult Buxton, William Allen, and others on it.

He thought the Black community of Jamaica had not reached the stage of being able to assume the higher tasks required when setting up stations in Africa though mechanics, tradesmen, and agriculturalists could be found who would be willing to go, and it would be possible to persuade some schoolmasters. It would be better to leave this matter to the missionary societies and to let them choose individuals to go, regardless of their racial background, though with a tendency to choose Black and...

Having lived for three years in Sierra Leone and the Gambia, he reports on the climate and diseases of Africa, its soil and production, and the best means for benefiting Africa, giving a history of the attempts that had already been made to settle and develop West Africa and criticising African Civilization Society's scheme.

Also includes a memorandum on the introduction of female education into West Africa, the growing of cotton, ginger, and other spices and groundnuts, the pastoral activities of the Fulani people, and the need for a small defence force. He mentions that the British had earlier bought a tract of land below McCarthy's island (Janjanbureh Island) and might still own it, though payment of rent had lapsed, that Britain held sovereignty over land in Berra of about 70 miles along the bank of the...

From three years' experience of the indigenous peoples of the interior of Guinea, he could state that they were anxious to learn more about agriculture. Some were anxiously awaiting his return with seeds, tools, and other useful things. He stresses the importance of establishing model farms at the earliest opportunity, which he planned to do. He describes the effect on the indigenous people of settlements and claims that there was no reason to believe that any of the camps grown in other...

He also quotes an extract from Allgemeine Zeitung of 19 Oct about the arrival from Darfour of a caravan with enslaved people in Cairo.