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how to prune the trees, clear the land, make drains, 

 how to fight fungi and insect pests, etc. 



From information kindly forwarded by the Director 

 of Agriculture it is evident that the Government is 

 satisfied with the results obtained. The Director adds : 

 " The fact that the natives receive these men (viz. the 

 travelling instructors) and are glad to welcome them, 

 shows that the money expended by the Government 

 is not being wasted, and within the next few years any 

 ,one writing on the Gold Coast cocoa industry will have 

 quite a different tale to tell." 



Lagos l 



In this country the cocoa industry has developed 

 in the same way as in the Gold Coast, though not to 

 the same extent. 



With the help and the encouragement of the Govern- 

 ment the natives have established an industry which 

 is increasing in importance every year. 



Often the oil-palm (J57oeis)and cocoa are interplanted. 

 It is considered that the best-managed fields are those 

 situated near the village Okenla (district Egba). 



From the Botanical Station of Oloke Meji and the 

 garden at Ebutte Metta a great number of cocoa plants 

 have been distributed by the Government. 



The exports are as follows : 2 



Kilog. 



1890 .. . 6,000 



1895 ... . 22,000 



1900 . . . 114,000 



1905 . . . 454,400 



1906 . . . 734,700 



Kilog. 



1908 . - . . 1,388,000 



1909 . . . 2,276,300 



1910 . . . 2,978,000 



1911 . . . 4,471,000 



1912 . . . 3,500,000 



1907 . . . 947,500 



IX. KAMERUN AND THE OTHER GERMAN COLONIES 



Though these colonies are not yet very important 

 as cocoa producers, it is not impossible that in the 



1 Chevalier, Le Cacaoyer dans V Quest africain (1908), p. 202. 

 8 Chevalier, I.e., and Gordian. 



