AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
No. 14.] DECEMBER, 1902. [Vol. i. 
COFFEE AND OTHER PRODUCTS IN ZANZIBAR, 
From the report on the trade and commerce of Zanzibar for the 
year 190I, the following is extracted: — * 
# Coconuts . — Coconuts obtained fairly high prices in 1901, attain- 
ing a maximum of 16 dollars per 1,000 in the month of August. 
Unfortunately, the copra brought into the town was by no means 
well prepared, and the result was that its price was lower than it 
should have been. Efforts are, however, being made by the Cus- 
toms and AgriculturaINDepartments of His Highness the Sultan’s 
Government to make the natives understand that nothing is gained 
by bringing in copra which is only half dried, seeing that it natur- 
ally obtains a much lower price than if properly dried, although the 
weight of the bags may in the former case be slightly greater. 
Cofee . — It really seems as if with proper attention and care in 
planting, &c. a useful purpose can be served by the local growth 
of coffee. The writer lias himself, in the course of an afternoon 
visit at a house situated in the grounds of the Universities Mission 
to Central Africa, up till recently the property of Miss ThaCKER W, 
for many years a member of that Mission, and owned in earlier 
days by Sir JOHN KlRK, enjoyed a cup of most excellent coffee 
grown upon that (Mbeweni) estate. Moreover the trees, although 
lacking through the force of circumstances, careful and thorough 
cultivation, yet present a healthy appearance, and on the whole 
there seems to be no reason why, with greater attention, useful 
results should not be obtained from its cultivation. Mr. Lyne, 
Head of the Agricultural Department of the Zanzibar Government, 
furnishes in the annual report of that Department for the year 1901, 
the following remarks on the subject of this tree: — - 
“ Liberian coffee requires no protection, but light shade appears 
to suit Arabian coffee. Our plantation of Arabian coffee has been 
laid out next to a remnant of native forest, and bushes, up against 
the forest, have beerusheltered from the morning sun. These are 
healthier and larger than those further out in the open. Observ- 
ing this, and in order to provide a light covering for the trees dur- 
ing the hot season, I planted the whole clearing with grevillea, 
Ceara rubber trees, mapapayi and cassava ; the shade thus produced 
has proved of great advantage to the trees. We have in the old 
