COCOA 



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In the Eastern Province the climatic conditions appear 

 to be more favourable for the plant, and there are now a 

 number of small plantations near Eket, Old Calabar, and 

 Itu. The product is still improperly prepared and usually 

 unfermented, but time and experience will remedy this. 



In the Central Province from 1915 some activity in 

 cocoa planting has occurred in the Benin district, but 

 attention there is still mainly devoted to rubber planting. 



See also Bull Imp. Inst., 1914, p. 213 ; 1915, p. 553 ; 

 and 1919, p. 289. 



The exports of cocoa have been as follows : 



