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give two of them to Lever Bros.’ palm oil enterprise in the 
Congo, which is mostly worked by English capital. They are 
building roads and narrow-gauge railways, and even mono- 
rails, to carry bunches of palm fruits to their factories, and 
the carriage of these bunches is a very difficult thing in the 
centre of Africa, so they are going to try two of our elephants. 
The agreement with the Belgian Government is that Messrs. 
Lever get the two elephants free, but they are to obtain two 
Indian Mahouts from Ceylon for these elephants so that they 
shall be in good hands. That is the experiment we have now 
in hand, which may be interesting perhaps to the Sudan and 
some other places. 
The Cuatrman: I think you will all agree with me that the 
communication made by M. Leplae is a very interesting one, 
and we thank him sincerely for letting us know about these 
African elephants. The information he has given may be 
useful in other parts of Africa. 
SUR UNE MALADIE DU SAXAUL (ARTHROPHYTON 
AMMODENDRON). 
Par Boris DE FEDTSCHENKO, 
Principal Botanist, Imperial Botanic Garden of Peter the 
Great, St. Petersburg. 
[No abstract supplied by the author. ] 
THE CuatrMan: I will on your behalf give M. de Fedtschenko 
a very hearty vote of thanks for his communication, and I am 
sure those who wish to get further information on the subject 
will make the application which he suggests. 
The following papers were taken as read :— 
THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF BRITISH SOMALILAND. 
By R. E. Draxe-Brockxmay, M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. 
[No abstract supplied by the author. ] 
THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE TERRITORIES OF 
THE COMPANHIA DO NYASSA. 
By Vincente ALMEIDA D’Eca, 
General Secretary of the Companhia do Nyassa, 
[No abstract supplied by the author. ] 
