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A thorough investigation of the fisheries and their possibilities 

 has been caused to be made by the Fomento Geral de Angola 

 through its affiliated Company, the Cia de Pescarias de Angola. 



There are very few white colonists in Angola. The native 

 population numbers 5,000,000 and the number of whites does 

 not reach 25,000. Capital has not been attracted to Angola, but 

 now that diamonds and oil have been found and are being 

 exploited by powerful capitalists, an impetus in this direction 

 may be given shortly. 



Communications with Europe are facilitated by wireless posts 

 in the chief towns of the coast and in the hinterland. A regular 

 shipping service is carried on by Portuguese and German steamers. 

 The trip from Lisbon to Loanda lasts a fortnight. 



Hunting and shooting afford very good opportunities, but 

 there is no hotel accommodation, even in the sea-ports, notwith- 

 standing the attractive facilities granted to capital invested in 

 hotel building and exploiting. 



Mozambique 



in East Africa, is being exploited by powerful companies. It is 

 a land of great resources. Its contact with South Africa and 

 with British Central Africa has contributed to its development. 

 The country has been opened up to a certain extent. Sugar 

 production attains already a figure of 50,000 tons, which is 

 nve times as big as. Angola's maximum. The valley of the 

 Zambesi is a land of promise where millions of cocopalm-trees are 

 bearing fruit. The area under the chartered Mozambique Com- 

 pany contains riches which are not yet known. Oil wells and 

 palm trees are reported in the Nyassa districts. Precious woods 

 and coffee trees are abundant in the district of Mozambique. 

 The Inhambane district is well known for its fruits and oil bearing 

 -seeds and plants. 



Communications have improved in the last few years. Rail- 

 ways have been built and are being built in order to transport 

 the products of some rich districts. 



More attention has been paid to the transport of goods from 

 the neighbouring colonies than to the development and colonisa- 

 tion of some districts of Mozambique. There are only two 

 efficient lines connecting the sea with the frontier : 



1. The LourenQo-Marques Ressano Garcia railway under 



the State Administration, measuring 88 kilometres, 

 connecting Lourenco-Marques with Transvaal. 



2. The Beira railway connecting Rhodesia with the sea. 



This line is under the management of the Mozambique 

 Company. 



