744 INDEX 



Water-supply — (cont.) 



196, 197, 202, 203; Deforestation, 

 effect of, 6, 9, 118, 140, 159, 179, 197; 

 Forests, relation to, 8, 117, 140, 159, 

 1 78; Swamps, relation to, 6, 164, 165; 

 Vegetation, relation to, 8, 140, 160-5, 

 191, 366 



Watson, Sir Malcolm, 295, 518 



Watt, Professor J. M., 154, 165 



Wattier, Capt., 104 



Wattle Bagv.'orm, 290 



Wattles, 176, 193, 206, 372, 373; Black — , 



193 

 WayJand, E. J., 63, 78, 86, 87, 112, 113, 



599 

 Weather, 75; Effect on insects. 264, 284; 



Forecasts, 88, 90, 98, no: broadcast, 

 90» 93, 97. 105: daily, 88, 90, 93: Sir 

 G. Walker's method, 97, 98; Local 

 variations, no; Maps, 97, 105, 108, 264 



Webb, W. L., 570 



Weeks, J. H., 609 



Weevil-borer, 366 



Wee\dls, 288, 292, 293 



Weil's disease, 539 



W^introub, D., 165, 582 



Weiss, Professor F. E., 159 



Wellcome Research Institute, London, 



527, 538 



Wells, sinking of, 7, 61, 64, 66, 67, 66, 

 76-80, 83-5 



Welman, J. B., 246 



Welsh Plant Breeding Station, 167, 309 



Welter, L., 104, 105. 114, 117 



Welverdiend, 412 



Welwitsch, Dr. F., 146, 155 



Welwitschia, 177, 235 



Werner, Dr. Alice, 609, 613 



Wesleyan Mission, 476 



W^est, G. S., 158 



West Africa, 180, 206, 237, 297; Agricul- 

 ture, 207, 208, 321-6, 338, 339, 345, 

 346, 349, 353, 358-60, 362, 378, 381, 

 388: training Africans for, 401; 

 A.nimal industry, 413-16, 423-7; Birds, 

 224; Botanical Gardens, 150; Cacao 

 cultivation, 336: pests of, 288; Cattle 

 in, 413, 415: native, 414; Cereals, 

 cultivation of, 339; Coffee cultivation, 

 362, 363; Conferences — see under Con- 

 ferences, West Africa; Co-operative 

 Societies, 397; Copals, production of, 

 207; Cotton cultivation, 356: indigen- 

 ous, 354; Desiccation of, 115; Diseases, 

 human, 466, 525-7, 535, 536, 539, 553; 

 Diseases, plant, 14; Diseases, stock, 226, 

 425, 446, 449-53; Fauna, 216, 219; 

 Fisheries, 245-7; Forestry, 182, 184; 

 Forests, 180, 201 : destruction of, 9, 137; 

 Game animals, 10: reserves, 233; 

 Geological surveying, 65, 66; Ghee 



production, 460; Herbaria, 150; In- 

 digo, production of, 339, 371; Insect 

 pests in, 286, 288; Kola production, 

 372; MecUcal services, 471; Medical 

 services, training Africans for, 508, 509; 

 Meteorology, 107, 109; Missions, 470; 

 Mixed farming, 1 1 ; National Parks, 

 233; Nutrition of natives in, 574-9; 

 Oil-palm cultivation, 208, 349; Oil- 

 seeds, cultivation of, 346, 349, 353; 

 Pig industry, 432; Population, pres- 

 sure on land, 137: Pulse crops, cultiva- 

 tion of, 339, 345; Rainfall, 6, 108; 

 Root crops, cultivation of, 359-62; 

 Rubber plantations, 371; Shifting cul- 

 tivation in, 378; Soil, deterioration of, 

 137: science in, 133; Stock, map of 

 distribution, 416; Surveying, 39; Tim- 

 ber, 203, 204, 210; Tobacco, cultiva- 

 tion of, 371; Vital events, registration 

 of, 562 

 W^est Africa, French: Agricultural chem- 

 istr\% 135; Agriculture, 135, 327, 328, 

 338, 346, 348, 351, 354, 358: research 

 on, 327, 328, 363; Air surveying, 59; 

 Animal industry, 163, 416, 426; 

 Anthropology, 612; Botanical research, 

 157, 163, 164; Cattle in, 416, 426; 

 Coffee, research on, 363; Customary 

 law in, 612; Desiccation, 163; Disease, 

 human, 297, 494, 495, 524, 545: 

 stock, 300, 452; Economic map, 163; 

 Evaporation index, 120; Fauna, 163; 

 Fisheries, 248; 'Floras', 157; Fodder 

 crops, 346; Forestry service, 164, 185; 

 Forests, 164; Game reserves, 221; 

 Geological maps, 69; Geological sur- 

 veys, 69; Geology & Mines Depart- 

 ment, 69, 74, 75; Groundnuts cultiva- 

 tion, 348; Hospitals, 491-3, 495; 

 Hydrolog^^, 80, 81 ; Insect pests in, 282, 

 283; Irrigation, 80; Mapping, 51, 73; 

 Medical services, 491-5: training of 

 Africans for, 506, 515; Meteorological 

 service, 104, 105; Missions, 495; Oil- 

 palm cultivation, 351; Oil-seeds cul- 

 tivation, 348, 354; Palaeontology, 69; 

 Pasture research, 173; Petrology, 69; 

 Plants introduced, 173; Population, 

 495: census, 560; Population move- 

 ments, 117; Rainfall, in, 117: 

 stations, 105; Route surveys, 27; 

 Sleeping Sickness Service, 486; Socie'te 

 de Prevoyance, 397, 398, 403; Surv^eying, 

 33; Timber, 204; Topographical maps, 

 27; Tribes, 611; Trypanosomiasis, 

 cattle, 279: human, 49375; Tsetse 

 control, 279, 280; Service Economique, 

 327; Vegetation map, 163; Veterinary 

 Service, 328;Water-supply, 80; Weather 

 forecasting, 105: map, 105 



