40 MOZAMBIQUE 



The land in many parts is rich ; the banks of the 

 river go straight down to deep water ; the country 

 to the north, in Portuguese and British territory, 

 is populous and should provide adequate labour 

 for certainly a limited number of factories ; and 

 the way out to the ocean liners is to be made 

 easy over the projected Port Herald-Beira railway. 

 It is somewhat surprising to find the Chire, which 

 undoubtedly possesses great possibilities for sugar, 

 so long neglected. 



Agriculture on the Zambezi is, for the present, 

 developing along the lines of sugar, cotton, cattle, 

 and tobacco. Sisal hemp and Ceara rubber, the 

 latter perhaps under irrigation, may also be ex- 

 pected in the future to claim a place in the sun. It 

 is not a country for small settlers, unless grouped 

 together in one fertile locality where they could 

 co-operate in employing labour-saving machinery 

 and central factories. It is essentially the country 

 of the capitalist and the steam-plough. The 

 latent resources are enormous, but judgment and 

 discrimination should be exercised in the selection 

 of land, the choice and cultivation of crops, and 

 above all measures secured for providing an 

 adequate supply of labour. 



