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ronde of EAS S AEA Man have hitherto MEM iion 
rubber, it was not practicable to cultivate them in regular planta- 
tions as they required the support of other plants, and when once 
side: many years would have to elapse before they would 
be fit to yield another crop. With the Kickxia these Dude 
difficulties disappear 
The important position now occupied by the rubber industry in 
British Possessions in West Africa may be gathered from the 
following table compiled from the ‘Supplement to the India 
Rubber Journal of August 12, 1895 :— 
RETURN of Raw CAOUTCHOUC received in the UNITED KING- 
DOM from BRITISH WEST AFRICA, including the GOLD 
Coast and LAGOS. 
Year. Weight. Value, etie Tm 
— ¥ Cwts. £ og 
mes tO eG E 33,876 297,453 175 
1891.. as bes wai 48,164 408,646 169 
1892 41,967 357,133 170 
1893 54,357 452,799 166 
1894 aoe tee E 47,4 393,990 166 
. Total .. ...] gap ago 1,910,021 169 
XVIIL—NEW RUBBER INDUSTRY IN LAGOS— 
(Continued). ; 
(Kickxia africana, Benth.) 
[ K.B., 1896, pp. 76, 77.] 
' The rubber industry at Lagos of which an account was give ni 
the Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 241-247 ym a plate) [p. 44]; affords 
one of the most remarkable instances 0 rapid development of an 
rd 
at 
& 
Tagas ita the asit two or three ow. It was found to de new 
At the present hë Kickxia rubber from sues has established 
itself as a commercial article in great demand. -Fhe exports in 
January 1895 were 21,131 Ibs. of the vidas of 1,2147. This was 
practically the beginning of the industry. In December 1895 the 
ts had increased to 948,000 Ibs. of the value of 51,4887. 9s. 4d. 
Es a recent return, communicated to piis by the Government 
Lagos, the total exports during the year 1895 amounted to 
5 ,069,504 Ibs. (2, 263 tons) of tej value of 969, 8927. 13s. 10d. This 
‘considerable industry has therefore been called into existence 
native labour. The success of the industry is another indication 
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