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them into close economic relations. Fourteen per cent. of the total trade of German East Africa in I909 was through British East Africa and Uganda via the Uganda R.R.Most of the new industries introduced into these Protectorates met with great discouragement at first. The cultivation of cotton began to suffer from various pests soon after it was introduced, but the industry is now well-established, and this is partly due to the constant exchange of experiences and correspondence between the Kolonialwirtschaftlichen Komite and the Cotton Growing Association. When sisal cultivation in German East Africa began in 1893 only 6 per cent. of the I,ooo plants imported from America survived; but about zo,ooo,ooo plants are now thriving on the plantations of German East Africa; and British East Africa is going into the industry. The German Protectorate in 1908 had 570,000 cocoanut trees of bearing age on their European plantations. The British plantations across the border were started later and several years must yet elapse before they will yield returns.Among the interesting discoveries have been the German gold mines of Sekenke, now yielding considerable profit; the large tannin content of mangrove and black wattle, now a new source of wealth in both Protectorates; and two soda lakes, one on the English and the other on the German side of the line, which will yield bi-carbonate of soda in abundance. These are only a few facts from the large amount of data, interestingly presented, which appear throughout this valuable book.
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