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included B 376, B 208, B 6308, B 3922, Ba 6032 and B 6450, 

 all surviving the Journey with the exception of the last named; 

 propagated at Zaria they were afterwards distributed to the 

 Native farmers (Lamb, Ann. Rep. Dept. ,Agric, N. Nig., 1914, 

 p. 3; Rae (at Maigaina), p. 13), and in 1917 it was reported the 

 demand for these West Indian Sugar Canes continued to increase, 

 3200 canes of B 6308 had been distributed, and that this 



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and the other varieties mentioned were being propagated on 

 an increased scale (Rae, I.e. 1917, p. 10), These varieties were 

 also transmitted to the Department of Agriculture in the 

 Southern Provinces, and were being propagated, together with 

 the variety commonly grown by the Natives at Ibadan (Johnson, 

 Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. S. Prov. Nigeria, 1917, p. 7) where in 

 1918 a small plot of native cane yielded 15-2 tons per acre; 



as 



of the introduced canes, the yield (1919) was at the rate of 

 28-24 (Ba 376), 7-96 (B 6308), 22-22 (B 3922), 29-12 (a West 

 Indian Cane), and 16-97 (a common cane from the N» Provinces) 

 tons per acre respectively. The stands were grown 6 ft. apart, 

 in rows 3 ft. 6 in. apart (I.e. 1919, p. 8). It has been stated that 

 British Nigeria is quite a new proposition in the world's supply 

 of sugar, to which, so far, the Colony has not contributed and 

 it is suggested that 650,000 tons of sugar would ultimately be 

 within the capabilities of the country (Inter. Sugar Journ. 1916, 

 pp. 150, 151 — under ** A Plea for our Colonies "). 



On the Gold Coast, improved varieties introduced from the 

 West Indies prior to 1908 and later, including B 208 mentioned 

 above, a patch of B 147 and the " White Transparent " variety 

 were being experimented with and it was hoped that if some 

 simple means of manufacturing crude sugar was introduced a 

 sufficiency of sugar for local consumption might be grown (Ann. 

 Rep. Dept. Agric. Gold Coast, 1908, p. 15; 1910 — Coomassie 

 Agric. St. for 1909, p. 23). In Uganda improved varieties of 

 cane from various parts of the world were under experimental 

 cultivation (Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric, Uganda, 1915-16). 



Other notes might be given to show that sugar production 

 is open to considerable advancement, not only in Nigeria but 

 in Tropical Africa, although generally the cultivation in the 

 main appears to be well utiderstood. New varieties are raised 

 from seed, afterwards selected by chemical analysis, weight 

 of stems, etc., in comparison with standard varieties [see Kev/ 

 Bull., 1888, " Seedlings of Sugar Cane at Barbados," pp. 294-296; 

 1891, " Production of Seed and Seminal Variation in the Sugar- 

 Cane,'* pp. 10-24; 1894, " Seminal Variation in the Sugar-Cane," 

 pp. 84r-86; " Improvement of Sugar-Cane by Chemical Selection 

 of Seed-Canes," pp. 86-96; 1899, pp. 45-46; *' Harrison on Cane 

 Variation," Inter. Sugar Journ., Aug. 1909, pp. 365-367, with 

 special reference to the " Variations of B 208 " ; various papers 

 in the West Indian Bull., by Lewton-Brain, iv. No. 1, pp. 63-73 ; 

 Stockdale, vi. No. 4, 1906, pp. 394r-402; Morris & Stockdale, 



