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and other articles are exported. Of the above, it is 

 probable that in the future, corn, which the colonists 

 have for years not only almost ceased to export, but 

 have actually imported to the extent of from a 

 quarter to half a million sterling annually, will be 

 produced and exported heavily. 



The ivory trade has dwindled to a shadow, in 

 consequence of the almost complete extirpation of 

 elephants south of the Zambesi. When it is 

 remembered that soon after the discovery of Lake 

 N 'Garni, in 1849, 900 elephants were slaughtered 

 by ivory hunters, within one short year, in that 

 region alone, this is scarcely to be wondered at ; 

 but with the future continuation of Cape railways, 

 as may be expected, from Kimberley towards the 

 Zambesi, and perhaps beyond Lake N 'Garni, to the 

 western regions, as suggested by Mr. H. M. Stanley, 

 a great Central and Western African ivory trade will 

 be tapped. 



Horses are reared at the Cape, of excellent 

 quality and in great abundance, and there is no 

 reason why they should not be exported at a profit 

 in years to come. 



Wine production, which would probably better 

 repay the introduction of capital and enterprise than 

 almost any other Cape industry, is likely, with 

 improved methods, to increase very largely ; for 

 the soil and climate are even more favourable to the 

 growth of the vine than in Australia. Yet Australia 

 has, thus far, quite outstripped the Cape in the 

 quality and quantity of its wines. This matter has, 

 happily, now been taken in hand by the Cape 

 Government, and experts from Europe are employed 

 in teaching proper and improved methods. The 



