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the country. Remember, too, that it was impossible 

 to keep the roads in anything like proper repair during 

 the war. Whatever be their faults, these roads are a 

 fine testimony to a far-sighted policy, which has been 

 a prime factor in bringing the country to its present 

 stage of prosperity. The Government-made roads 

 opened up possibilities for motor transport, and 

 the well-organized development of motor transport 

 facilities which followed, thanks to the enterprise of 

 the British merchant community, is largely responsible 

 for the success of the Gold Coast cocoa industry. 



Further, as regards Government activities in so far 

 as they have directly affected the cocoa industry, special 

 mention must be made of the work done by the 

 Agricultural Department, through the medium of 

 travelling instructors and of object-lesson experiments 

 at Agricultural Stations, notably at Aburi, near Accra, 

 and at Coomassie. 



Our host has just rung up from his office to say that, 

 in accordance with the wish we expressed over lunch, 

 the cai is now on its way to the bungalow to take us 

 for a last look at the commercial sights of the town 

 before we go up-country. . 



Ten minutes later we are in the thick of cocoa 

 traffic, constantly passing or meeting motor lorries 

 with trailers, some piled up with sacks of cocoa that 

 are being transported from the railway station to 

 stores, others returning empty to the station to load 

 up again for the stores, or going back to a store to 

 get another load for stacking on the beach ready for 

 shipment. Now and again we greet and are greeted 

 by a white man, riding on a lorry, or, like us, going 

 about his business in a car. But the pedestrian crowd 

 that throngs the streets, the policemen, the motor 



