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CAMEROONS. 
The Colony of Cameroons is situated in the Bay of Biafra opposite 
the Spanish Island of Fernando Po. Before the recent aa with 
England and France a area of this Colony was estimated at 413,000 
square kiloms. The coast region is composed of primeval forest with a 
fruitful and rich soil, but unhealthy for Europeans. Adjoining i is 
a high-lying, grassy, Mone viti me tableland, with a cool tem 
ture and a healthy clim aet is de peii hinterland 
ming 
depend on the development of the interior portions and the encou 
ment of trade with native states. The pia condition of the 
M is described as follows :— 
* The chief productions of the Cameroons are : 
* Palm-oil, the staple production of the Colon ay: 
“ Palm-kernels and Palm kernel-oil, a good clean oil, chiefly consumed 
by the natives, and seldom coming into the markets. 
* Kopra, : e dried kernel of the cocoa-nut; a great many plantations 
have been m 
di Pacco found in all parts of the Colony, but edd in the high- 
lands. Experiments are being made under Dr. Pre the Director of 
brasiliensis) ; some of the imported trees are alread to 5 metres 
high, and if they continue to thrive in the Cameroons rhe will be of 
great advantage to the Colony as they yield the best rubber in the 
world. 
* Ebony, chiefly found in the Cameroons Mountains 
“ Mahogany and other timber, the export trade of these articles is 
mostly carried on by Swedes in sailing ships. 
“ Ivory, of which there is a plentiful supply, especially from the 
neighbourhood of the Mungo and Sannaga Rivers and the Batanga 
Hinterlan 
“ Cacao , the cultivation of which is being largely extended, though the 
plants are 'still too oo young for a large yield; one plantation raised in the 
year ended July, 1893, 200 kilos. cacao, and the Ambas Bay Trading 
Company exported 6,928 kilos : 
“ Coffee plantations are thrivi ing well, 12,000 Arabian coffee trees 
have been planted in the Victoria district, ‘also trees from Liberia 
and Jamaica; three year old plants have already borne a very heavy 
- Tobacco, 6,500 kiloz. were produced last year, realising an average 
price of 5s. per Ib. 
Experiments, so far satisfactory, are beiug made iu the rsen, 
Garden for cultivating vanilla, pepper, Jamaica ginger, cardamom 
ipecdcustts, and European vegetables. 
“The natives confine themselves, as a rule, to the cultivation of 
bananas, thon, maize, sugar-canes, oranges, and pine-ap 
mm ts in 1893 were valued at 206,250/., consisting of palm-oil, 
palm-kern m, ivory, and ebony. The trade is still carried on to a 
great dicii e barter, money not being of much use except in the coast 
towns 
German East AFRICA. 
German we Africa, the creation of Dr. Carl Peters, is an extensive 
tract of co ' covering 955,220 square kiloms. It has a coast line 
opposite Zausibàr of about 360 miles and extends inland as far as Lake 
