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with the oil-producing pericarp, and as this mass becomes 

 hardened the oil detaches itself from the fibre and trickles 

 down into a pan. In some districts they do not trouble to 

 put the hot stones amongst the oily coverings of the nut, but 

 soak this oily covering in hot water and then boil the water 

 that is drained off. As it boils they skim the oil off the 

 top. 



146. NATIVE WOMEN MANUFACTURING PALM OIL : NOTE THE WOODEN TROUGH 

 LIKE A CANOE, FULL OF PALM OIL 



Liberian palm oil (agajn owing to careless treatment) is not 

 the best quality on the market. There is too large a percentage 

 of dirt and extraneous matter, but the ruling prices for this 

 oil are good, and Liberian palm oil is now quoted at ^24 los. 

 per ton. 



Palm Kernels are the inner kernel of the palm nut, 

 the outer shell of which is cracked by hand ; they were exported 

 from Africa for the first time in 1^50 by a Liberian. Liberia 



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