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tion of the Sugar Cane and the Banana for which there is a 
large tract of low lying ground available on the N. side of the 
Duala creeks. 
THE PLANTATIONS. 
The Plantations are the striking feature of the British sphere 
of the Cameroons near the coast, stretching round the base of 
the mountain from near Rio del Rey to Missellele and beyond. 
They occupy a belt of country from sea level to about 
1800 ft., only interrupted here and there by small native reserves. 
These plantations were the property of individuals or companies 
and excellent houses, drying sheds, sawmills and other offices 
are to be found at each centre. 
Thanks to the admirable arrangements made by the Super- 
visor of Plantations, Mr. F. Evans, Superintendent of Agriculture, 
Nigeria, I was able to visit most of the principal plantations, 
and my tour was all the more easy owing to the convenient 
system of trolley lines, both double and mono-rail which exist 
throughout the plantations. Where trolley lines did not exist 
our journeys were made on horseback. 
In these ways the plantations of Victoria Farms, Ekona, 
Moliwe, Tiko, Molyko, Debundscha and Bibundi, were visited. 
It may be of interest to give a few particulars of some of. 
these plantations :— 
The Victoria farms mare an area of about 42,000 acres, of 
which some 3300 acres under cultivation principally with 
Cocoa. The soil here is ge shallow in parts, the voleanic 
rock being near the surface. The Cocoa on this estate showed 
a good deal of ‘ die back’ and was in a less satisfactory condition 
than in other plantations. 
Ekona has an area of about 14,000 acres, some 2843 being 
under cultivation with Cocoa, Hevea and Funtumia Rubber, 
Kola and Oil Palm. The plantation is at about 1200 ft. on the 
Eastern side of the Cameroon mountain and the condition of 
the Cocoa and Kola was very good. The soil is rich and deep. 
At Ekona there are excellent Cocoa drying sheds and saw mills 
run by electric power, &c. Here as elsewhere the Cocoa has 
been interplanted with Oil Palm and Rubber Trees, and the 
mixture, especially with the Oil Palm, is far from satisfactory. 
(Plate I., fig. 2 
M. oliwe, on the S.E. slopes of the mountain, is at about 
1500 ft. elevation and is said to be some 37,000 acres in extent, 
4465 being under cultivation in Cocoa, Rubber, Kola and Oi 
Palm. From the Plantation Manager’s house, situated at the 
top of a conical hill some 500 ft. above the general level, the 
views over the country towards Duala on the one side and the 
mountain on the other are very striking. 
The Tiko & Woermann Estates are mainly on the level ground 
by the creeks of the Mungo river and are reputed to have an 
area of 30,150 acres, of which 2600 are said to have been planted. 
