LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Fermenting Boxes, Java ..... 54 

 Charging Cacao on to Trucks in the Plantation, 



San Thome ....... 56 



Cacao in the Fermenting Trucks, San Thome . 58 



Tray-barrow for Drying Small Quantities . 63 

 Spreading the Cacao Beans on mats to dry, Ceylon 64 



Drying Trays, Grenada ..... 65 



" Hamel Smith " Rotary Dryer .... 67 



Drying Platforms with Sliding Roofs, Trinidad 68 



Cacao Drying Platforms, San Thome ... 69 



Washing the Beans, Ceylon .... 70 



Claying Cacao Beans, Trinidad . . . 71 



Sorting Cacao Beans, Java ..... 73 



Diagram : World's Cacao Production ... 80 

 MAP of the World, with only Cacao-Producing 



Areas marked ...... 83 



Raking Cacao Beans on the Driers, Ecuador . 85 



Gathering Cacao Pods, Ecuador .... 85 



Sorting Cacao for Shipment, Ecuador . . 86 



MAP of South America and the West Indies . 89 

 Workers on a Cacao Plantation .... 



MAP of Africa, with only Cacao-Producing Areas 



marked ....... 



Foreshore at Accra, with Stacks of Cacao ready 



for Shipment ...... 93 



Carriers conveying Bags of Cacao to Surf Boats, 



Accra 95 



Crossing the River, Gold Coast . . -97 



Drying Cacao Beans, Gold Coast ... 98 



Shooting Cacao from the Road to the Beach, Accra 99 



Rolling Cacao, Gold Coast ..... 100 

 Rolling Cacao, Gold Coast . . . . .101 



Carrying Cacao to the Railway Station, Gold Coast 102 

 Wagon Loads of Cacao being taken from Depot 



to the Beach, Accra . . . . .103 

 The Buildings of the Boa Entrada Cacao Estate, 



San Thome ....... 104 



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