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For this supply we are mainly indebted to the 

 Spanish island of Fernando Po, from which the 

 export of cacao for the like period has been as 

 follows : — 



For 1878 and 1879 there has been no special 

 mention of this article among its exports. 



Attempts have been and are being made, but on no 

 great scale, to promote the growth in other parts of 

 West Africa. The energetic and enterprising Herr 

 Vohsen is doing so at Sierra Leone, and Mr. J. P. L. 

 Davies at Lagos. May all success attend their 

 efforts ! I have myself grown healthy-looking but 

 seemingly barren shrubs in the grounds of Government 

 House, Lagos. 



The success in Fernando Po should be an en- 

 couragement to stimulate general effort in the direc- 

 tion of spreading in our West African Possessions the 

 growth of this article. 



Ginger {Zingiber officinale) and pepper (Habzelia 

 aromatica, a native of West Africa) appear under 



