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MADAGASCAR 
In the interior two pounds of rice cost about a penny; 
at the coast it is of course dearer, owing to the cost of 
transport. 
It is said to be of good flavour, and from certain har¬ 
bours of the east coast, especially Mahela and Mahanoro, 
it is exported in large quantities. This export supplies 
Madagascar agricultural labourers. 
the neighbouring islands of Reunion and Mauritius, the 
Comoro Islands and Zanzibar, and even several districts 
on the East African coast. 
The cultivation of cereals is unimportant, but on the 
