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Altitudes. 

 The following data provide some idea of the general altitude of the 

 country. Heights are given in feet above sea level : — 



Geology. 

 The following account of the geology of the country is extracted from 

 a paper by Mr. A. E. Kitson, C.B.E., Director of Geological Surveys, 

 Gold Coast, published in the Royal Geographical Society's Journal 

 for November, 1916 : — 



" A very brief outline of its geology may be given. Among the 

 oldest rocks so far known in the country are series of highly or 

 moderately altered sediments (mica-schists, quartz-schists, quartzites, 

 phyllites, slates, marble, limestone, sandstones, grits, breccias and 

 conglomerates) that occupy the middle and western portion of the 



