COTTON GROWING IN UGANDA 91 



has been continued for several years. A seed farm 

 has been established, and pure American long-stapled 

 varieties have been substituted for the various 

 hybridised forms previously grown. In the year 

 1913-14 the whole of the main crop was of " Allen's 

 Long Staple " variety. 



Transport difficulties offer a serious hindrance to the 

 extension of the industry. The seed-cotton, in loads 

 of about 60 lb., is carried on the heads of the natives, 

 sometimes for very great distances, to the nearest 

 buying station. After being ginned, the cotton has to 

 be conveyed to the railway connecting Lake Kioga with 

 Jinja on the Victoria Nyanza, whence it is shipped 

 across the lake to the terminus of the Uganda Railway. 



In spite of these obstacles, however, the Uganda 

 cotton industry has developed with great rapidity, 

 as is shown by the following table, giving the quanti- 

 ties and value of the exports during the years 1904- 

 1915- 



Year. Quantity, Value. 



lb. ' 



1904 

 1905 

 1906 



1907 

 1908 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 

 1915 



21,566* 235 



96,098* 1,089 



391,244* 11,411 



1,605,184! 5i,594 



1,625,755! 41,232 



2,595,152! 59,596 



5,538,885! 165,412 



8 ,343,8i3t 230,850 



10,517,621! 254,379 



11,191,824! 317,687 



13,126,587! 351,146 



10,520,610! 245,426 



* Partly ginned and partly unginned, the quantity of each kind not 

 being separately stated. 



f Ginned cotton (export of seed-cotton having been converted on 

 the assumption that i lb. of ginned cotton is obtained from 3 lb. of 

 unginned). 



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