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Bouar Law and :\Ir. Steel Maitland on this matter, with a view 

 to securing adequate reserves of land to allow for collecting and 

 fattening prior to railing to Lagos. This was the first step 

 necessary for capital to be put up to secure the erection of 

 refrigerators, etc. 



As .a result of his energies arrangements were made between 

 the Nigerian Compam", Miller Brothers and the African Asso- 

 ciation to finance the enterprise as occasion arose, and ]\Ir. Speed 

 went to Nigeria again to carry out the initial steps. Unfor- 

 tunately he died soon after reaching Nigeria. Nothing has been 

 done since the removal by death of this forceful personality, who 

 from long experience in Australia and Rhodesia, was a great 

 judge of cattle, who had moreover accumulated a vast deal of 

 information regarding conditions in Nigeria, and had actually 

 experimented on a fair scale in fattening cattle before railing 

 them to Lagos. This man could, without doubt, have guided 

 into existence a vast enterprise, had he lived. An able man 

 whom ]\Ir. Speed sent out, a Canadian, Mr. Claude P. Evans, 

 has spent over a year covering the ground previously traversed 

 by Mr. Speed, and fully confirms all his findings. Undoubtedly 

 there is in the country a great natural cattle reservoir, and in 

 view of the growing scarcity of meat, it is to be hoped that 

 steps will be taken by British enterprise to tap this new and 

 great supply. 



ABYSSINIA, SOMALILAND, AND THE CAMEROONS. 



Abyssinia, Somaliland, and the Cameroons are all countries 

 with more or less native stock, which are all open to improve- 

 ment. On the high and healthy plateaux of these countries 

 there is ample feed for stock, and the climate is excellent. 



CHINA. 



As new countries come into the frozen meat exporting arena, 

 and China amongst them, Hongkong, wliich has long been a meat 

 producer, may be expected to come to the fore. Last year, for 

 example, her meat product exports to the United States of 

 America were valued at £28,000, as against only £15,000 in the 

 previous year; while she also sent meat to the Philippines 

 valued at" £78,084, as against £96,762 worth in 1916. Frozen 

 beef figured among her exports to tlie Philippines, although this 



