Products and Resources of Nyasaland 



put under cultivation. The estimated crop for 1910 

 is 24^ tons. 



Chillies* Four hundred and twenty-six acres 

 of chillies are under cultivation; they fetch 453. to 

 553. per cwt. in London. During the year ending 

 March 1910, 119, 126 Ib. were exported, an increase 

 of 72,000 Ib. over the previous year. 



Beans* Natives grow several sorts of beans 

 as well as potatoes, which they sell to Europeans. 



During the past year one hundred and thirteen 

 and a half acres have been planted with miscellaneous 

 crops, which include sesame, peanuts, yams, flax, 

 sweet potatoes, turmeric, food-stuffs, rice, and China 

 grass. 



Cattle* The best district for cattle-raising is 

 in Angoniland, on the high plateau west of Lake 

 Nyasa and the Shire. It is thought that cattle- 

 farming here would be a profitable undertaking. 

 Cattle fetches a high price at Salisbury and Bulu- 

 wayo, and its transport from Angoniland has been 

 proved not difficult. The tsetse fly is found only in 

 a small portion of the country; these districts can be 

 avoided or passed through at night. 



Native sheep of the fat-tailed variety are fairly 

 plentiful in some provinces. Last year cattle 

 numbered in the Protectorate 11,149 head, of 

 which Central Angoniland produced 1,619, and 

 only 25 out of that number died in this district. Of 

 other animals in the Protectorate, donkeys numbered 

 218; goats, 734; sheep, 1,414; and pigs, 497. A 

 large proportion of these animals is owned by 

 natives. Nyasaland can boast of only three horses. 



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