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passenger traffic on "the State lines averages 330,000, and the 



volume of goods transported on the State lines is 1,000,000 tons. 



This position is not quite satisfactory. The country produces 



; too little, notwithstanding its immense resources. Cotton, 



tobacco and oil seeds represent a negligible amount of the exports. 



Tobacco is grown in circumscribed areas and very little capital 



has been invested in its development. 



North of the River Save, the colony has attracted more 

 capital in agriculture, There are plantations of coco-palm trees 

 in the territories of the Companhia do Boror numbering one million 

 trees. Copra and fibres are being regularly exported abroad from 

 these rich tracts of land. 



The famous Sena Sugar Estates lie on the Zambezi with 

 their sugar factories and their model European installations. 



The Chartered Company of Mozambique has encouraged and 

 seconded all initiatives, protecting and advising European settlers, 

 promoting sugar plantations, tannin bark exploitations, maize, 

 beans and other branches of agriculture. Stock breeding JE 

 becoming an important asset in those lands. 



Tete is being prospected, and great hopes are entertained 

 concerning coal and other minerals. 



The Mozambique district affords good farming opportunities. 

 The woodlands are reported to be extremely rich. The Nyassa 

 Company's concession is still awaiting a good opportunity. South 

 of the Save the Inharnbane district is practically undeveloped. 

 The Limpopo Valley in the Lourenco-Marques district is one of 

 the richest tracts of land. It would be suitable for all tropical 

 plantations provided the required irrigation works were carried out. 



There are suitable climates for European settlers in this 

 colony, but railways will have to be completed prior to any serious 

 movement being undertaken in that direction. 



There are approximately 200,000 native labourers in the 

 fields, and the number of native indentured labourers on the 

 Band averages 50,000 per annum. 



The emigration to the Rand has been financially advan- 

 tageous for the colony, but from economic and political stand- 

 points it presents several drawbacks. 



The number of Europeans in Mozambique is reported at 

 15,000, comparing with four million natives. 



The industries of the colony are, with few exceptions, centred 

 in Lourenco-Marques, such as the tobacco factories, match 

 factories, soap and vegetable oil factories, paper pulp, cement, 

 cordage and rope industries, etc. There are about ten industries 

 enjoying monopolies. The sugar and tannin factories are the most 

 important in the colony. 



