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cultivation ever since 1894, in a few places. No returns 
of export have been recorded. 
The plant has also been introduced into the 
Cameroons, San Thome, Sierra Leone, Lagos, and 
German East Africa. In Bagamoyo, in the last men- 
tioned district, it was exported by the missionaries, who 
grew it with some success, and its cultivation seemed 
very promising, but the plantations have not increased, 
and in the other localities it is also stationary. 
Seychelles. — In this group of islands vanilla was 
for many years the main production, but lately the 
cultivation has fallen off very considerably. The cause 
of this has been attributed to a severe drought in 1904, 
which destroyed half of the vines and injured the 
vitality of the rest. The low price, due to a certain 
extent to the artificial vanilla, contributed to the 
diminution of the cultivation. 
The chief islands in which it was produced are 
Mahe, Praslin, La Digue, and St. Anne. 
The exports for the past years have been recorded 
as follows 
1891 . 
. 40,929 kilos valued at 3,73,190 rupees 
1892 . 
. 28,177 
3,94,478 „ 
3,46,426 „ 
1893 . 
. 28,689 
?5 
1894 . 
. 24,444 
2,93,328 „ 
1895 . 
4,553 
55 
60,344 „ 
1896 . 
. 31,229 
55 
9,36,000 „ 
1897 . 
. 30,691 
55 
9,20,730 „ 
1898 . 
. 25,177 
55 
7,48,810 „ 
1899 . 
. 41,835 
55 
13,38,720 „ 
1900 . 
. 17,569 
55 
5,80,877 „ 
1901 . 
. 71,899 
55 
11,08,792 „ 
1902 . 
. 59,816 
55 * 
6,41,610 „ 
1903 . 
. 59,744 
55 
5,03,592 „ 
1904 . 
. 38,772 
55 
2,79,040 „ 
1905 . 
. 40,265 
55 
2,41,590 „ 
1906 . 
. 30,000 
55 
It will be noticed that the export of this spice varies 
very much in quantity, as also in price, which is doubt- 
less due to the variations in climate in the Seychelles, 
and the occasional occurrence of serious droughts. 
