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industry will make still greater progress in the near 

 future. 



The rainfall is rather low for cocoa-growing. In the 

 Botanical Gardens at Aburi (1500 feet above sea-level) 

 the average of ten years (1899-1908) was 46 '12 inches 

 (1153 mm.) ; at the Boonso Station the average of three 

 years was 75'9 inches (1897 mm.) ; and at the Kumassi 



FIG. 116. Map of the Gold Coast. 



Station the average of three years was 62*8 inches 

 (1570 mm.). 



The following figures show how the rainfall at Aburi 

 and Tarkwa varies in the different months : 



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