H. H. Lardner, The Agricultural Question; A Letter to his Excellency Samuel Rowe, M.B., C. M. G., Governor in Chief, &c. &c. &c.; and How to Double the Revenue and Trade and Improve the Sanitary Condition of the West Africa Settlements; with Biographical Sketch (London: Adams & Co., 1880).

Agriculture, the most honourable calling, has become the noli me tangere. The potency of the Press, of Parliamentary Committees, the report of Commissioners, the unpleasant observations of European travellers, tourists, and foreigners from tropical countries, have all in vain succeeded to react the trading propensities of the increasing population fostered by the Colonial Government. Agricultural pursuits were not neglected among secular instructions to their flocks by the pioneer Missionaries, who wisely taught them the art of cultivating the soil against the rude system in which they were acquainted. Arrowroot, ginger, coffee, and cotton cultivation have given remunerative employment to many; handicrafts, trade, and petty trafficking have raised many enterprising ones to wealth and affluence. The situation of the moment thereby demands a new project for facilitating the development of our agricultural resources; he therefore from a sense of duty undertakes the task, perhaps it may do some good.