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courses have to be utilised. There are dense forests at long 

 distances from the coast on the borders of some rivers. Production 

 according to the Fomento Geral de Angola, 1 averages 25 kilos 

 of fruit per annum yielding 15 bunches per tree, or 8 kg. of oil 

 and 8 iig. of palm kernels per tree growing wild. Experiments are 

 being made: with another kind of palm tree discovered by the 

 Fomento Geral.de Angola in the Congo district. 



Palm oil mills will have to be erected in Angola, and the 

 exports will have to be organized scientifically. 



COFFEE is very abundant all along the Loanda Melange rail- 

 way. Both sides of the line, there are thick forests of coffee 

 trees, growing perfectly wild. Golungo Alto, 14 kilometres north 

 of Canhoca, is one of the important markets of wild coffee. The 

 selection of coffee is not properly carried out and great 

 opportunities are still awaiting initiative . 



. At present the exports of coffee amount to 5,000 tons. 

 Coffee is also grown in the Amboim district and exported through 

 Novo Redondo, and further south through Benguella and Lobito. 

 The best Angola coffee is grown in the Chella Mountains, 100 

 kilometres from Mossamedes, but this variety is not offered in 

 the market. 



COTTON is being cultivated in some districts of Angola. 

 Production is small. Only irrigated lands yield sufficient fibre. 

 The Fomento Geral de Angola has caused this branch of 

 agriculture to be thoroughly investigated. Native cotton is 

 attacked by pests of every description and the lint is small and 

 too thin. New plantations are being started on the banks of the 

 Quanza river and in several other places under technical advice. 

 2,000 tons of cotton is the maximum export under this heading, 

 but Portugal consumes about 20,000 tons, most of which is 

 imported from the United States and Brazil. 



; OTHER FIBRES are reported by the Fomento Geral de Angola 

 to afford great opportunities. In one special case, with a small 

 capital of 300,000 escudos, the rights to a concession of 55,000 

 hectares might be purchased. This land has over one million 

 sizal plants in full growth, yielding 3 per cent, of fibre per kilo.- 

 Each plant bears 15 new leaves per annum with an average 

 weight of 3 kilos per leaf. The duration of each plant is 15-20 

 years. It is reported that 500 tons of fibre mi^ht be exported 

 per" "annum out of this tract of land, representing a value of 

 40,000. The capital required fo-r the installation of light railways 

 and other plant is pstimat^d at 20.000 



