INTRODUCTION. 5 



I have, therefore, been prevailed upon to issue as a 

 separate book the chapters on " Ground Nuts/' " Palm 

 Oil and Kernels," " Cacao," and " Shea Nuts," which 

 originally formed part of a volume on West Africa 

 in preparation for publication after the War and, 

 while enlarging the same, to add chapters on Coconuts 

 and other edible oil-nuts found throughout the Empire. 

 Special reference is made to planting, cultivation, and 

 expression. 



I am indebted to the publishers of my " Sierra Leone : 

 Its People, Products, and Secret Societies," for permission 

 to quote from that volume and for the illustration of a 

 Cacao tree ; also to The Producer, the organ of the 

 Co-operative Wholesale Society, for extracts from my 

 articles to that paper, the publishers of my West Africa, 

 for the chapters mentioned, and to the Belgian Govern- 

 ment, Messrs. Cadbury, Lever Bros., Craig & Co., and 

 the Eastern Palm Estates, Ltd., for some of the photo- 

 graphs. 



H. O. NEWLAND, 



Capt. 

 ATJTHOBS' CLUB, 



WHITEHALL COURT, S.W. 1, 

 February, 1919. 



