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varieties. The chiefs and people are showing great 

 eagerness in its cultivation, and the rapid decline 

 of the import figures attest the fact that it is now 

 grown for consumption to a considerable extent 

 in the Protectorate. 



Great attention is being paid to the Beeswax 

 industry, which, although only in its infancy, promises 

 to develop on substantial lines. 



Although the rich and loamy soil of Uganda 

 enables all cereals to be grown with a certainty of 

 success, the cultivation of Com has been a failure, 

 except in the Toro district, where further experi- 

 ments are being carried out. 



Sugar-cane is only grown in a very hap- 

 hazard manner by the natives. It is quite a 

 sight to see them stripping off the strong bark of 

 the cane with their powerful teeth and chewing it 

 to obtain the sweet interior substance. Without 

 doubt the manufacture of sugar could be made to 

 pay if it were more carefully and systematically 

 cultivated. 



Nearly all the Timber required for use in 

 the Protectorate will in future be supplied from 

 the Toro forest, which is situated at the mouth of 

 the Bukora River, near the German boundary. It 

 is worked by the Government, who have set up 

 machinery to drive the saw-mills. They have also 

 dug a canal, so as to float the output down to the 

 Victoria Nyanza, where it will be picked up by the 

 Uganda Railway steamers and towed to the various 

 ports as required. 



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