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FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



IX. 



Cacao, etc. — Cinnamon {Cinnamomtim 'zeylmiicum) 

 and Cacao {Theobroma cacao) grow well along this 

 coast — especially is this proved in the neighbourhood 

 of the Gaboon, where the Roman Catholic Mission 

 is doing much good in industrial education in this 

 line. 



The British Possessions in West Africa, in the 

 matter of the export of this article therefrom to the 

 United Kingdom, are noticeable by their absence 

 from the * Annual Statement of the Trade of the 

 United Kingdom, &c. ; ' whereas particulars of the 

 imports into the mother-country, under 'Cacao from 

 West Africa, Foreign, are included in the following 

 table :— 



