INDEX 



175 



Shea- nut products, 127, 164 



Sheep skins, 116, 142 



Sherbro Island, 15, 16, 22 



Sherbros, 16 



" Shinkafa," 156 



Sierra Leone, 12, 70, 74, 80, 88, 91, 



96, 99, 100, 109, 157 

 SIERRA LEONE, introductory 

 remarks, geographical position, 

 15 ; area and population, 15 ; 

 administrative divisions, 15 ; 

 natural features, 15 ; natives, 

 16; land tenure, 16; labour, 

 17; cultivation, 17; agricul- 

 tural schools, 18; principal 

 crops, 19 ; forest products, 19 ; 

 OIL PALM, localities and the in- 

 fluence of position, 19 ; small 

 export of oil compared to ker- 

 nels, 23 ; proposal to introduce 

 new varieties, 23 ; improve- 

 ments in local manufacture, 

 24 ; export figures, 26 ; RUB- 

 BER, native method of pre- 

 paration, 26 ; vine rubber, 

 27 ; quality of indigenous rub- 

 bers and the export, 27 ; plan- 

 tations, 28 ; KOLA NUTS, 29 ; 

 RED PEPPER, 29 ; GINGER, 30 ; 

 export trade, 31 ; FIBRES, jute 

 class, 31 ; Ramie, 33 ; Pias- 

 sava, 33 ; COTTON, 33 ; indi- 

 genous varieties, 34 ; native 

 weaving, 34 ; exotic cottons, 

 34 ; RICE, 35 ; exports, 36 ; 

 CAMWOOD, 37 ; COPAL, 37 ; 

 GROUNDNUTS, 38 ; COCOA, 38 ; 

 importance of correct climatic 

 conditions, 38 ; COFFEE, 39 ; 

 INDIGO, 39 ; FRUIT, 39 ; BEES- 

 WAX, 40; OILSEEDS, 40; pro- 

 gress in agriculture, 41 ; fores- 

 try, 42 



Silk, 81, 117, 163 



Silk cotton tree, 51 



" Silk rubber." See Lagos silk 

 rubber 



Silkworms, wild, 117 



Silver, 55 



" Sindru," 62 



Skins, 73, 127, 143, 144, 164 



Skin staining, 96, 161 



Small-boiled cotton, 136 



Smut-blights, 153 



Smut fungus, 12 



Snuff, 13, 89, 161 



Soap, 40, 70, 71, 98, 103, 115 



Soap emulsion, 51 



Sokoto, 120, 121, 135, 152, 156 



Solanum melongena, 161 



Solanum sp., 161 



Songhay, 86, 123, 124 



Sonni Ali, 86 



Sonninkis, 1 



Sorghum guineensis var. robustum, 



88, 144 



Sorghum saccharum, 152 

 Sorghum sp., 144 

 Sorghum vulgare, 12, 84, 151 

 Sorrel hibiscus, 89, 161 

 Southern Nigeria, 10, 23, 39, 71, 



101, 120, 123, 127, 132, 135, 140, 



157 



Soya beans, 42, 158 

 Spices, 95 

 Spinning, 145 

 Squatter's licence, 16 

 " Stainers," cotton, 76, 112 

 Staining leather, 88 

 Steirostoma depressa, 51 

 Steirostoma histrionica, 51 

 Sterculia barteri, 96 

 STERCULIACEM, 45, 73 

 Stilbum nanum, 52 

 Strunk, Dr., 23 

 Sudan, 73, 74, 134 

 Sudan boll- worm, 139 

 Sudan gum, 89 

 Sugar cane, 95, 125, 126, 157 

 Sumatra, 102 

 Susus, 16 



Sun-cured tobacco, 117 

 Swamp crops, 126, 156 

 Sweet potatoes, 19, 84,95, 126, 159 

 Sword beans, 42 

 Sword scabbards, 143 



" Tabel-tiloli," 100 



" Takanda," 152 



" Talh," 89 



Tamale, 88, 91 



Tamarind, 163 



Tanned skins, 142 



Tannin-yielding plants, 62 



Tapioca, 115 



Tapping implements, 61 



Tapping rubber, 66 



" Targets," 161 



Tarkwa, 63, 66 



Tchad Lake, 124 



Terminalia superba, 118 



Temperature, 2, 121 



" Tengo," 100 



" Tete Quasshi," 47 



Theobroma cacao, 46 



Thomas Agricultural College, 18 



" Thread blight," 52 



Threshing wheat, 156 



