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Mahogany and cedar abound in the larger 

 forests, and ebony is found near Lake Albert. 



Uganda is well supplied with Fibre-yielding 

 plants. Unfortunately experiments with the Kaf- 

 umbo fibre have proved disappointing, and the 

 further cultivation of this plant has been abandoned, 

 as hand preparation of the fibre cannot be made a 

 financial success. 



The sisal plant grows very rapidly. The total 

 cost per acre of its cultivation amounts to 49^ 

 rupees at the Government plantation. A sample 

 grown in the Botanical Gardens at Entebbe was 

 forwarded to the Imperial Institute for examination. 

 It was found to be of the same character as the sisal 

 hemp grown in British and German East Africa, of 

 excellent quality and readily saleable. 



The Bark-cloth tree I have dealt with elsewhere. 



The chief mineral production is Iron. Hema- 

 tite ore is to be found everywhere, and no difficulties 

 are to be met with in its extraction. The Baganda 

 excel as workers in iron, and can turn out hoes, 

 spears, knives, hatchets and adzes. 



Deposits of white China clay of great value 

 are found under the red soil. Gold also has been 

 discovered, but not in payable quantities. 



Internal communication is somewhat impeded 

 by the fact that hitherto there have been no 

 railways in the colony, although the building of one 

 between Jinja, on Victoria Nyanza, and Kakunguru 

 on the river Nile, fifty miles in length, has been 

 sanctioned. The merchandise has therefore to be 



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