LIST OF PLATES. 



No. 



Collecting Coconuts in Costa Rica, .... Frontispiece. 



I. Drying Copra, To face p. 16 



II. Natives Climbing Oil Palms in West Africa, . . 26 



III. West African Native bringing the Palm Fruit into 



Store, ,28 



IV. The Native Preparation of Palm Oil in the Congo, . ,, 34 



V. Up-to-date Modern Machinery for dealing with Palm 

 Oil and Kernels at La Soci6t6 des Huileries du 



Congo (Messrs. Lever Bros.), .... ,,38 



VI. Tanks (for Commercial Supremacy) of Palm Oil at 



Kinshata, Congo, ,,42 



VII. "Craig "Reducing Mill for Copra, Palm Kernels, etc., 52 



VIII. A Cacao Nursery in West Africa, . . . . 67 



IX. Cacao Beans upon specially pruned trees, . . . ,, 76 



X. Cutting out the Banana Shading from Cacao, . . ,, 78 



XI. "Craig" Revolving Box Press for Copra, Palm 



Kernels, etc., ,,98 



