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Mr. Brown's place is not the only one which is looking well at 
Mlanji, El Dorado, Mr. Robins' new estate, is also looking extre- 
mely well, and is carrying a good cx'op. Shade is being got up as 
fast as possible and Mr, ROBINS intends to open in future under 
native shade. Much of his young coffee is under partial shade, and 
as the native Albizzias spring up very fast (self-sown) in every clear- 
ing he hopes soon to have his coffee well protected. His trees are 
bearing in some cases a very heavy crop and if it all comes to ma- 
turity he will be able to give his pulper some hard work to do. 
Lauderdale Estate is being got under shade and is showing a very 
fair crop after its recent cutting back. There is evidence that shade 
is the lactor which has been wanting at Mlanji to make coffee a 
• complete success there, and we hope that the encouraging prospects 
of this year may be followed up by a steady improvment in the out- 
put from the Mlanji district. There can be no doubt as to the many 
natural advantages which Mlanji possesses and should the shade 
prove the solution of their difficulty Mlange will undoubtedly soon 
be the premier planting district of the Shire Highlands. 
Among the other products which are being cultivated at Mlanji is 
tea. Cocoa of course is being tried, but as the experiment is still in 
its infancy it is impossible to say much about that product. Tea 
undoubtedly flourishes exceedingly well. Centeral African Times . 
Para Rubber. 
In the month of November the shipments of rubber from Para 
amounted to 3,141,338 kilos, of which £,556,691 kilos, were from 
the State of Para, 1,435,101 from Manaos and 149,636 from Iquitos. 
Of this rubber, 1,489,150 kilos, were shipped to the United Mates, 
1,448,181 to Liverpool, 182,502 to Havre and 21,205 to Hamburg. 
REPORT ON GERMAN EAST AFRICA 
FOR THE YEAR 1900. 
by Mr. A. C. Hollis, Acting Vice-Consul. 
Caoutchouc. 
There are numerous "sorts of caoutchouc creepers and trees indi- 
genous to German East Africa, but the only kinds which are of value 
are Landolphia Kirkii , (Kiswahili, Mohango), and Mascarenhasia 
e last tea, (Kiswahili, Mgora). Until quite lately it was believed that 
the best rubber was the product of Landolphia for Ida var. Como- 
rensis (Kiswahili, Mbungo), but it has now been proved that this 
creeper is practically worthless. 
Samples of the milky juice of the wild fig tree have been sent to 
Europe on several occasions, but the price obtained has always been 
so low as not to repay the cost of transport. 
L. Kirkii is principally found in the Kilwa, Lindi, Mahenge, 
Songea and Langenburg districts; a little also comes from the hin- 
terland of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Pangani and Bagamoyo, and. from 
Bismarckburg, M papua and l abora. A certain amount brought from 
Portuguese territory finds its way to the port of Mikipdani. 
