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the British East Indians are far in excess of all the other coloured: 
people. The n ERN particulars are furnished in the Report :— 
* The effects of the visitation of locusts in 1893-94 were still visible 
in the year under review. any formerly fruitful districts were 
completely devastated; the locusts especially attacking rice, Indian 
millet, and maize; the natives are now advised a replace ace. thes? crops: 
with plants which the locusts do not touch, s as manioe, sweet 
potatos, and various vui of beans. In the ntuicdututtitiblt erm 
last year’ s harvest has been good. 
** Cattle rearing has As materially improved ; whether the rinderpest 
is partly the cause of this js not certain; but undoubtedly the loeusts 
and the famine have retarted progress. Good fodder could. only be 
obtained from the islands of Mafia and Kilwa-Kissiwani, and from the 
Kilimanjaro highlands. 
* Plantations.—The reports of the cocoa-nut, india-rubber, vanilla, 
and coffee plantations, were generally satisfactory. 
**'L he cocoa plantations of the German East Africa Company at Moa 
and Yassini, embrace some 18 square kiloms.; 80,000 to 85,000 cocoa 
nut palms have been planted, Eee a quantity of seedlings, and the 
Director calculates that by July 1896, 500,000 trees will have been 
planted out. The same Company’s s coffee plantations, Derema and 
Nguelo, at Handei, in the Usambara Hills, yielded last harvest a crop 
of about 50,000 kiloms., and it is said of excellent quality. At ema 
in June 1895, there were between 150, and 160,000 Arabian coffee 
trees, and some om 2 of Liberian trees. At Nguelo some 350,000 
trees. From 600 to 700 labourers are employed, amongst them 200 
Chinese and M deri: The Hemileia vastatrix appeared in 1893-94 
but fortunately has not hitherto done much damage. Dr, Heinsen, the 
botanist, specially sent to East Africa to stamp out this disease, has 
tried several means of doing so (the report does not specify them), nor 
is it yet known Jae the experiments have succeeded. 
nd haye been planted with tobacco at Lewe, and 
2500 with pie a but it is not intended to plant more tobacco, as the 
quality does not come up to the mark. From 1 de to 120 Chinese and 
Javanese are employed at Lewe, besides 100 (and in the busy season 
400) Bondei men. The health of the Asiatic sale is said to be 
“The cotton plantations at Kikogwe, though thriving well, do not 
pay, both on account of Indian competition, and of the heavy f full in the 
prices realised in Europe. A pound of cotton, equal to the best Texas 
cotton, only fetched in Seti 26 pf. (24d. s while dani from 43 
to 47 pf. were constantly realised. 
« In the gamoyo district, the prosperous vanilla plantations of the 
Fathers of the Holy Ghost, started pany y years ago, deserve a passing 
notice; but these plantations are of course exceptional, being i iio 
by the pupils, who are fed, dedu and housed at the m 8 
xpen 
y Sugar plantations are chiefly to be found in the Pangani Valley. 
* Government assistance to agriculture.—The Government will 
doubtless do- much in the way of ex perimental cultivation, now that a 
new agricultural department is e organised, but a good deal has 
already been done in this directio 
“For aay See? 
“1. Every half-year a quantity of vegetable seeds are supplied to all 
stations, beth island and on the coast, inhabited by Europeans, Inland, 
