52 



Value and quantity of the principal vegetable products obtained 

 from forestry sources, exported from the Colony during the last 12 

 years : — ■ 



Census. 



The returns for the 1921 Census are also given under this section. 

 The comparative density of the population is a factor that nltust be 

 taken into account in considering the destruction of the forests to 

 provide suitable land for agricultural needs, and also in considering 

 the timber and fuel required by the general population, the mines 

 and railways. 



By reference to maps p. 7 and p. 13 , the distribution of population 

 and its relation to the area under forest can be seen at a glance. 



(A — Wholly within the Forest Zone. B — Entirely outside the Forest 

 Zone. C — Partly within and partly without the Forest Zone.) 



Gold Coast Colony. 

 Eastern Province : — ■ 

 Accra 



Addah and Quittah 

 Akwapim 

 Akim Abuakwa 

 Kwahu . . 

 Volta River 



Central Province : — 

 Cape Coast 

 Saltpond 

 Winnebah 

 Western Akim 



633,326* 



299.546 



* These figures arc quoted from the "Cold Coast r.azctte," No. 3 of 1922, dated 14th January. 



