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so that it would take 94 trees to produce one ton of kernels, or 
916,782 trees to produce the present export of palm kernels from 
this Colony.” 
The report of the Acting-Governor of Sierra Leone is of interest, 
since the effect of the completion of the railway on the exports of 
oil and kernels is well seen ; to quote from the report :— 
“T attach a statement made by the Collector of Customs which 
gives the quantity of palm oil and palm kernels exported from this 
Colony in the period preceding the completion of the railway, and 
also in the period succeeding the completion of the railway. This 
return clearly indicates that improved facilities of communication 
have caused an increase in the exports of palm oil and palm 
kernels,” * | 
SC EERE rene Se 
Preceding Completion of the Railway. peace  aseeny of the 
| : REI ee a ae aeomR AS: 
— | 1903. | 1904. | “1905, Sse | 1906. | 1907. 
| | | 
‘Tons. Tons: Tons, | Tons. | Tons. 
Palm kernels .., | 22,760 | 25,101 28,154 | Palm kernels | 30,375 | 34,942 
Galls. | Galls. | Galls. Galls. | Galls. 
Palm oil | 282,000 241,131 [266,012 | Palm oil... | 375,573 [615,997 
(Haddon Smith), 
The export of both oil and kernels from the Gambia is very 
small, and, according to the Governor's report, only a small quantity 
of the oil is used locally, as the natives prefer ground-nut oil, From 
the figures published in the Colonial Reports, however, it will be 
Seen that there is a continued increase in the quantity Of kernels 
exported. There is no return given for the oil. 
Palm Kernels. 
a | 1904. | 1905, | 1906. | 1907. 
Tons jas | 179 | 297 
256 | 342 
Patm WINE, 
n . 
whence spring the leaves. According to a note in Der Tropen- 
Phlanzer Nv Oo. 12, 1908, p. 585, the capacity for production of the Oil 
i here the 
* See also Col. Rep. Ann., No. 531, 1906, Sierra Leone, p. 15, wher 
exporta Sums Fission and Sherbro are set out in detail, and the effect of the 
railway extension is discussed. 
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