Front matter

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE HANDBOOKS

THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE SERIES OF HANDBOOKS TO THE COMMERCIAL RESOURCES OF THE TROPICS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH WEST AFRICA

ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

EDITED BY

WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S

DIRECTOR OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE; PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE

WEST AFRICA Territory held by Great Britain under Mandate is hatched in Red. Stanford’s Geog^l. Estab^t., London. (Large-size)

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE HANDBOOKS

THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

BY GERALD C. DUDGEON, C.B.E. LATELY CONSULTING AGRICULTURIST AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF AGRICULTURE IN EGYPT; PREVIOUSLY INSPECTOR OF AGRICULTURE FOR BRITISH WEST AFRICA

WITH A PREFACE BY WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. DIRECTOR OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE

SECOND EDITION

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1922

All Rights Reserved