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those who have it hv those in wliose districts it is not cuUivated. Indeed, 

 in making journeys to a distant part of the Protectorate one is oljliged 

 to take tobacco as one would cloth and beads. The sugar-cane grows 

 luxuriantly in all the tropical parts of the Protectorate, and already steps 

 have been taken to obtain from it a sugar which should at any rate 

 suffice for the inhabitants of Uganda. IMr. Whyte considers many portions 



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of the Protectorate admirably adapted for the cultivation of tea and cacao, 

 the last-named plant having, through the efforts of Sir W. Thiselton Dyer 

 and Mr. Whyte, been successfully introduced into the Uganda Protectorate. 

 Cotton grows wild in Uganda, but. like tobacco, might possibly not be 

 worth exportation. 



Amongst the commercial assets of Uganda timber must certainly not 

 be overlooked. The forests of the :Mau and Nandi Plateaux and of the 

 slopes of Mount Elgon contain hundreds of thousands of magnificent 



