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22 officials, 25 traders, and 22 missionaries. T 4: following particulars: 
are given of the plants cultivated in the colon 
“ Amongst the trees and shrubs acquired some years since from the: 
potai garden at Lagos, the Annatto plant, Bixa Orellana, yielding 
red dye, and various sorts of Eucalyptus, have thriven very well. The 
sabes plantations at Lome, Bagida, and Porto Seguro are also. 
thriving. Attention is being paid to the cultivation of indiarubber trees: 
and it is chisel costal that the intported Manihot Glazovii will do better 
than the native 
been largely extended during the 12 months, July, 1894, to June, 1895, 
one native firm (the Brothers Almvida) having now 95, 000 trees and 
“crop, 
hope to at 2t 
** At Klein- 30,000 coffee trees have been planted, about one- 
exported. The Arabian coffee trees have been attacked by diseace, 
"which does not, however, affeet the Liberian trees, even when in the 
closest proximity. 
* Many European vegetables are doing fairly well in the Government 
gardens at Sebbe (endives, carrots, c cabbages, celery, radishes, &e.), and 
some specimens of the so-called Otaheite potato (Dioscor ea sativa) 
have been obtained from the Gold Coast botanical garden: 
The following table shows the trade returns of the principal artivles 
exported during the last two financial years— 
| Quantity. 
Articles. —— o A a 
| 1894-95, 1893-94. 
Palm nuts - - - - | Kilos - 8,428,159 7,095,893 
Palm oil - - “ : | Litres - 2,766,132 2,821,093 
Gum E - - 2 Kilos - 41,183 23,349 
The export of gum has neariy doubled itself, that of palm nuts shows 
an increase of over 1,000,000 kilos., while the amount of palm oil has 
somewhat decreased. 
“The total value of goods exported (July, 1894, to June, 1895) 
amounted to 107,3177." 
II.— CAMEROONS. 
This has a total area of 495,000 square RHET equal to 190,972 
English square miles, or about the size of § 
This immense tract has a white population atii stationary at about. 
The principal articles cultivated for food and the forest products 
de qm are noticed in thé following extrac 
any European vegetables (cabbage, widmen salad, beans, and 
"m cucumbers, &c.) do well in the outskirts of Kamerun, and Eur vi ry ` 
Tem soon ber able to dispense with tinned (imported) vegetables 
