complexion on coffee growing. The disease was reduced 



epidemic at its first appearance and when its viru- yields. 



lence had passed oflf it was followed by several other 



pests in epidemic form until to-day, such is the toll 



exacted by these pests, that average yields per tree 



are nearer Y-z lb. than the 2^ lbs. we got previous to 



1913- 



Some districts in Uganda seem to have escaped 

 the ravages of the pests to a large extent, and prob- 

 ably give a higher yield, and even in the worst 

 aflFected districts one estate here and there will have 

 a good year, but on the whole I fear our yields will 

 never approach the pre-disease figures. 



At the same time that the yields began to de- 

 crease prices in London began to drop, whilst the 

 war came as a crowning misfortune with its high 

 freights and uncertain markets. 



Fortunately, the rubber planted before the coffee development 

 boom had by this time reached the tappable stage, op rubber. 

 and the three years' results of yields and costs which 

 are given later on, show that this is an even better 

 paying crop than coifee ever promised to be. Those 

 who ha\e continued to ])lant and keep up Iheir rubber 

 are now about to reap a rich reward for their faith. 



Cocoa all this time was being steadily planted. cocX)A. 

 It never excited the attention that coflfee did, nor, on 

 the other hand, was it neglected for cofi"ee as rubber 

 was. All planters seemed to regard it as a good 

 second to coffee as an investment. Cocoa has, how- 

 ever, still to prove itself as a profitable crop. 



In the Kingdom of Uganda practically all the t-AND. 

 land is m the hands of the natives. Purchase of this 

 land was possible by agreement with the native owner 

 and the Government, who took the land over from 

 the native, and retained possession, until the pur- 

 chaser had completed the development of 10% of the 

 acreage. A freehold title was then given by the 

 Crown. Government land in Bunyoro, Toro and 

 Busoga was obtainable similarly. Prices in the case 

 of native land were a matter of arrangement between 

 the seller and the buyer. In 1910 the average price 

 was Rs. 2/- per acre, which rose rapidly to Rs. 30/- 



