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the cultivation of cacao, for the usé of planters in the Philippines, 
Mr. Wm. S. Lyon, in charge of Seed and Plant Introduction, says : — 
‘In Camerouns, Dr. Preuss, a close and well-trained observer, 
gives the mean annual yield of trees of full bearing age at 4.4 pounds. 
‘“Mr. Rousselot places the yield on the French Congo at the same 
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figure. In the Caroline Islands it reaches 5 pounds, and in Surinam, 
according to M. Nichols, the average at maturity is 6% pounds.t In 
Mindanao, I have been told, but do not vouch for the report, of more 
than ten ‘catties’ (about 12% pounds) taken in one year from a 
single tree; and, as there are well-authenticated instances of record, 
of single trees having yielded as much as 30 pounds, I am not pre- 
pared to altogether discredit the Mindanao story.” . 
1 This statement does not accord with the best information we have been able to obtain, namely 
that the average yield does not exceed 2% pounds to a tree. 
