Products and Resources of Nyasaland 



put under cultivation. The estimated crop for 1910 

 is 24J tons. 



Chillies. — Four hundred and twenty-six acres 

 of chillies are under cultivation; they fetch 45s. to 

 55s. per cwt. in London. During the year ending 

 March 19 10, 119,126 lb. were exported, an increase 

 of 72,000 lb. over the previous year. 



Beans. — Natives grow several sorts of beans 

 as well as potatoes, which they sell to Europeans. 



During the past year one hundred and thirteen 

 and a half acres have been planted with miscellaneous 

 crops, which include sesame, peanuts, yams, flax, 

 sweet potatoes, turmeric, food-stuffs, rice, and China 

 grass. 



Cattle. — The best district for cattle-raising is 

 in Angoniland, on the high plateau west of Lake 

 Nyasa and the Shire. It is thought that cattle- 

 farming here would be a profitable undertaking. 

 Cattle fetches a high price at Salisbury and Bulu- 

 wayo, and its transport from Angoniland has been 

 proved not diJnficult. The tsetse fly is found only in 

 a small portion of the country; these districts can be 

 avoided or passed through at night. 



Native sheep of the fat-tailed variety are fairly 

 plentiful in some provinces. Last year cattle 

 numbered in the Protectorate 11,149 head, of 

 which Central Angoniland produced 1,619, ^-^d 

 only 25 out of that number died in this district. Of 

 other animals in the Protectorate, donkeys numbered 

 218; goats, 734; sheep, 1,414; and pigs, 497. A 

 large proportion of these animals is owned by 

 natives. Nyasaland can boast of only three horses. 



117 9 



