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charcoal, and possibly its by-products, alcohol and acetate of lime, 

 of which Germany imports, mostly from the United States, in 

 the average over 1.5 million dollars. A calculation based on a 

 $50,000 investment for plant figures out 22% profits. 



As regards labor conditions Dr. Jentsch is more hopeful than 

 other writers, although he does not expect it to be cheap, and 

 he gives data to show that the negros may do satisfactory work, 

 50 men for a season to produce 350,000 cubic feet. 



For power at mills, water with electrical installation is ad- 

 vocated, but only on a large scale, since small installations are 

 shown not to be profitable. 



All statements on this and other discussions of cost are based 

 on statistical detail and practical calculations. 



Finally, the question of ocean freight is touched upon. At 

 present, the freight rate per ton from Kamerun to Hamburg by 

 regular liner is $6 to $11, making 28 to 35 cents per cubic foot, 

 which is prohibitive for many or most woods. The use of sailing 

 boats is warned against, as the wood suffers from rot and insects 

 in the long voyage. But lower freights by steamer are possible, 

 as from East Africa and Australia they are now more moderate. 



A plea for reduction in import tariffs of the mother country is 

 based on the argument that the woods are not in competition with 

 those of the home country, which imports anyhow around 525 

 million cubic feet, and the Kamerun is the only colony from which 

 importations of this nature can be expected. 



The small colony of Togo, to the west of Kamerun, the most 

 prosperous of the German colonies, is a fertile country which does 

 not any more require expenditures from home. Formerly prob- 

 ably heavily wooded, it exhibits at present only remnants of forest 

 on the mountain range running north and south, and river forest, 

 about 1% of the land area. The larger part of the territory is 

 occupied by pampas. Here plantings have been begun, in a 

 rather ineffective manner, largely with native species. All the 

 wood is used for home consumption. The most important species 

 are Chlorophora excelsa, the African Teak, Diospyros mespili- 

 formis, Khaya Kieinii and senegalensis (African mahogany), 

 Brythrophloeum guineense (furniture wood), Borassus flabel- 



