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RUBBER IN BRITISH AFRICA 



The cultivation of rubber trees is being tried experi- 

 mentally in Northern Nigeria. Small plantations of 

 Funtumia elastica trees have been formed near Lokoja 

 and Zungeru and also in the Bassa Province. Trials 

 are also being made with Para and Ceara trees, and the 

 latter have given very promising results. 



UGANDA, EAST AP'RICA PROTECTORATE, 

 NYASALAND 



AND 



The exports of rubber from the tlu-ee British Pro- 

 tectorates in East Africa are very much smaller than 

 those from British West Africa, as wiU be seen by com- 

 parhig the following tables, giving the figures for the 

 years 1900-1 to 1912-13, with those on pp. 11 and 12. 



Quantities 



Values 



