522 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 



The exportation of coffee from the Territories during 

 the last six years was as follows : 



Kilos 

 1907 .- ... ... 295 



1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 I9II 

 1912 



50 



268 



36 



55' 

 1,226 



The coffee was exported principally to the Province 

 of Mozambique. 



Coconuts and Copra. 



The coconut palm is found in almost every part of 

 the Territories, but it is principally found in the coastal 

 district. " The whole coast line of the Bay of Mocimboa 

 is a palm grove. Coconut trees grow plentifully in 

 Mtamba, on Point Ullu, Revulu (not Levura), in Old 

 Mocimboa, where they attain enormous dimensions. 

 In general it might be said that the whole of the coast 

 is suitable for cultivation of coconut trees, since a larger 

 or smaller number of them is found in every settlement. 

 If it were possible to count the number of coconut trees 

 along the coast of the Territories, I think we should 

 arrive at a number representing great wealth, because 

 Ibo and Querimba are covered with them, and on all 

 the other islands, such as Matemo, Macoloe and Ouifula, 

 where they are planted, they grow with great vigour 

 and beauty; Mocimboa, Changane, Mucojo, Quirimize, 

 Olumboa, Arimba are palm groves of the natives which 

 give palm wine and coconuts." (Governor Vilhena : 

 Reports and Memoirs, page 15.) 



The variety of uses to which the coconut tree can be 

 put is well known. The natives exploit if chiefly for 

 palm wine, which is extracted from the sap, and for 

 copra, of which there is a large export; the fibre we 

 have already spoken of when treating of fibres. 



The preparation of copra and its export were perhaps 

 unknown, or at least in an elementary stage, at the time 

 the Company took over the Territories. 



Of all plantations the palm groves are perhaps those 

 most cared for by the natives. They are an important 



