Morris notes Thiselton-Dyer has been very good about the cacao seed and plants for Sierra Leone. He hopes the colony will now be set up with cacao. He quite agrees that it would be simpler if the Governor wrote first to the Colonial Office. He believes they are rather awkwardly placed at Barbados as the island is quarantined except for ships going to Plymouth or New York. They have had small pox for some time and the last attack was rather serious. In the meantime officers of the Department are unable to visit the other colonies. Morris is likely to attend the plant breeding conference at New York and take advantage of the opportunity to visit Washington to establish relations with the heads of the United States Department of Agriculture at New York and Halifax. On his return he shall call at various islands and visit the stations, schools and plots. This is the only way he can get to them during the quarantine. He concludes by noting that he has heard nothing further about the appointment at British Guiana [Guyana]. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.