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land — land where para grass is cultivated and reaped for 
stable use — has not been taken account of in the returns. 
For 1897, the acreage of the three counties and the North 
Western Distri6l under cultivation was :- -Coffee, 1,557 J 
Cocoa, 1,915; Kola, 49; Spices, 3-4; Cocoanuts, 3,527 ; 
Arrowroot, 15; Breadfruit and Breadnut, 206; fruit 
trees, gi2 ; pine apples, 54 ; plantain and bananas, 19,497 ; 
cassava, 7,208 ; other ground provision, 8,288 ; peanuts, 
7; corn, 291. The pasturage in use was 1 1 1,624 acres, 
and that not in use 32,891 acres. 
Taking these figures, and those derived from the Rice 
returns of the same year, published at the time, the land 
under cultivation for the year was for the whole Colony 
approximately : — 
Miscellaneous Produ6ls ... 45,661 acres 
Rice ... ... ... 15,488 acres 
Sugar ... ... ... 70,000 acres 
Total 131,099 
Pasturage in use ... ... iii 624 acres 
As regards seasons the year was fairly favourable. 
The rainfall was 94*52 inches, the first four months very 
light — January very unusually so, yielning less than two 
inches, the other eight highly favourable to vegetation 
and crops. The area of land under the immediately 
perishable miscellaneous produ6\s and rice in any year 
varies of course with the nature of the seasons. 
The returns for 1898 are of little value except in regard 
to the few districts they represent in each of the three 
counties. Returns were received from only seven dis- 
tricts ; the others sent none, and as no explanation for 
the omission — flood or drought or what else — was re- 
ceived, little in a general sense can be attached to the 
information they afford. However, so far as it goes, the 
following table conveys the summaries. As mentioned, 
it is 'derived from the three counties, none having come 
in from the North-Western Distrift. 
