Part 2 — INDEX

Abassi, 110

Abbradi, 44

“Abe bobe,” 71, 100

“Abe dam,” 70, 100

“Abe Ohene,” 71, 100

Abeokuta, 119

Abeokuta-Ibadan, 106

“Abe pa,” 22, 70, 100, 132

Abetifi, 43

“Abe tuntum,” 70

Abrotoo, 44

Abuko, 3, 4

Aburi, 47, 49, 57, 63, 65, 66, 79

Acacia, 89, 91, 122, 134

Acacia albida, 134

Acacia arabica, 13, 62, 89, 134, 143

Acacia Caffra, 134

Acacia mellifera, 134

Acacia Senegal, 134

Acacia Sieberiana, 89

Acacia Verek, 134

Accra, 56, 106

Accra copal, 82, 106

Accras, 44

“Acha,” 154

Adampes, 44

Adda, 90

Administration, 121

“Affia-ko-jub,” 100

African mahogany, 72

African mango, 103

African rubber, 59

Afzelia africana, 72, 119

Agbede, 95, 109, 112

“Agbesi,” 144

Agege, 106, 109, 113

Agoonahs, 44

Agriculture in Haussaland, 133

Ahantas, 44

Ahedua, 72

Aimensa, 56

“Akee apple,” 95

Akim, 73

Akims, 45

“Ak-poro-jub,” 100

“Akwabohori,” 72

“Alkama,” 156

Allium escalonicum, 160

Allium cepa, 160

Alstonia congoensis, 105

Alstonia sp., 62

Amedika, 77

Amelonado, 46

American rice, 157

Anaphe infracta, 81, 117, 163

Anaphe Moloneyi, 163

Anaphe venata, 81, 117

Angola, 71

Ankobra, 72

Annatto, 54

Anogeissus leiocarpus, 96

Antiaris toxicaria var. africana, 74

Anum, 77

Aphis sorghi, 12, 153

Apis mellifera var. Adansonii, 10, 40, 91

Apocynaceæ, 64

Appolonias, 44, 74

Aquapim, 44

Arachis hypogæa, 3, 6, 84, 115, 132, 158

“Aribedda,” 128

Armatosterna buquetiana, 51

Aros, 94

Artichokes, 124, 160

Ashanti, 43, 44, 91

Ashanti-Akim, 47, 51

Ashanti kings, 63

“Ashanti lump,” 60

“Ashmouni,” 110

“Asidigero,” 152

“Asidonono,” 151

Askia, 86

“Asoge-e-jub,” 100

Aspidiotus destructor, 117

Assin, 44

“Attifufu,” 128

Aubergine, 161

“Au-su-ku,” 100

Axim, 47, 63, 66, 72, 74, 80

Badagri, 96, 117

Baga, 24

“Baggarua,” 143

“Bajra,” 154

Bakau, 9, 10

“Bako,” 72

Baku, 156

“Balata,” 127, 128

“Balsam of Copaiba,” 90, 147

“Bambarra” groundnut, 158

Bananas, 39, 95

“Baowe,” 17, 18

Baphia nitida, 37, 83, 96, 161

Barbetu, 86

Bark cloth, 74

Baro, 121, 130, 137

Baro-Kano Railway, 131, 137, 140, 141

Baro Prison Farm, 162

Basel Mission, 47

Bassa, 119, 120, 126, 128, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 145, 148, 157

“Bassi,” 12

Bathurst, 8, 9, 29

Batkanu, 28

Bauchi, 120, 124, 142, 144, 163

Bauhinia reticulata, 62, 160

Beans, 13, 88, 95, 157

Beer, 85

Beeswax, 10, 40, 91, 162

Belgian Congo, 25

Bendi, 93

Bengal rice, 157

Benin, 107

Benin City, 95

Benis, 94, 95

Benniseed, 124, 127, 142, 164

Benue, 137, 144, 151

Betel nut, 73, 116

Bida, 132, 137, 159, 160

Bissao, 29

“Black arm,” 112

“Black dye,” 144

Black gram, 42

Black oil, 98

“Black Rattler,” 79, 110

“Black smut,” 153

“Black Volta,” 43, 90

Bleaching gum, 135

Blighia sapida, 95

Bo, 18, 28, 38

“Boganderi,” 151

Boia, 24

“Bokin doka,” 163

“Bokin sosia,” 151

Bole, 86, 87

Bollworm, 112, 139

Borassus flabellifer, 162

Bordeaux mixture, 52, 63

Borers (copal), 82

Borgu, 122

Boring beetles, 51, 65

Bornu, 120, 124, 134, 139, 152, 156

Bread making, 156

Bridelia sp., 164

British Cotton Cultivation, 12, 78, 110, 136, 140

British Cotton Growing Association, 33, 77, 80, 87, 88, 108, 110, 112, 113, 131, 135, 140, 141

Brown beans, 157

“Brown cluster,” 128

“Brown medium,” 128

Buettnerieæ, 46

Bullelai, 3

Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, 8, 9, 11, 14, 23, 28, 39, 40, 59, 63, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 82, 90, 95, 102, 103, 105, 106, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 125, 131, 133, 134, 135, 141, 143, 147, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161

Bullom, 16, 38, 40

“Bulrush millet,” 152, 154

Bumban, 24

Burkea africana, 89

“Bush,” 15, 17, 19, 41, 42, 45, 84, 94

Butter, 90, 115, 130, 142, 163

Butyrospermum Parkii, 90, 115, 128, 130

Cajanus indicus, 42, 88, 158

“Calabacillo,” 46

Calabar, 105

Calabash, 91, 144

“Cambodia” cotton, 34

Camwood, 37, 83, 96, 161

Canavalia ensiformis, 42

Candles, 70, 98, 103, 115, 130

Capnodium sp., 153

Capsicum annuum, 29, 141

Capsicum frutescens, 29, 141

Capsicum sp., 84

Capsid, 106

Caracas, 46

Caracas, 57

Carapa procera, 71

Caravans, 73, 136, 143

Carpodinus, 96

Carpodinus hirsutus, 65, 104, 128

Casamance River, 2, 6

Cassava, 3, 13, 19, 45, 84, 85, 88, 95, 114, 125, 126, 138, 158, 160

Castilloa elastica, 10, 65

Catch crops, 49

Cattle, 2, 3, 56, 73, 91, 118, 124, 151, 152, 153, 162, 163

Cattle food, 113, 142, 151, 154

Cayor, 6

Ceara rubber, 9, 65, 103, 129, 130

Central Province, 120, 122

Cercospora personata, 38

“Chena,” 45

Chew sticks, 96

Chillies, 141

China grass, 33

Chloridea obsoleta, 112, 139

Chlorita flavescens, 112

Chlorophora excelsa, 62, 72, 118

Clifford, Sir Hugh, 66

Clitandra elastica, 104

Clitandra laxiflora, 27

Clitandra Manni, 27

Cloth, native, 34

Cocoa, 38, 45, 46, 92, 94, 95, 106, 164

Cocoa-bark bug, 51

Cocoa borer, 51

Cocoa butter, 46

Cocoa, colouring, 54

Cocoa, tables of exports of, 59, 107

Cocoineæ, 67

Coconut, 67, 83, 96, 117

Cocoons, 81, 117, 163

Cocos, 67

Cocos nucifera, 83

Coffea Liberica, 39

Coffea robusta, 66

Coffea stenophylla, 39

Coffee, 39, 47, 66

Coir, 83

Colocasia antiquorum, 84, 115, 159

Colocasia yams, 95, 126

Colœoptera, 82

Colœopterous larvæ, 147

Communal rubber plantations, 103

Congo, 90

Conopharyngia crassa, 62

Conopharyngia sp., 105

Cooking oils, 88, 90

Coops, 91

Copaifera Guibourtiana, 37

Copal, 37, 81, 89, 92, 96, 106, 147

Copal resin, 127

Copra, 83, 92, 96

Corchorus, 33

Corchorus capsularis, 13, 32

Cotton, 11, 33, 74, 87, 92, 94, 95, 108, 124, 127, 135, 141, 159, 163, 164

Cotton, cultivation of, 111, 140

Cotton lint stainer, 112, 139

Cotton seed bugs, 110, 139

Cotton seed-cake, 113

Cotton seeds, 113, 148

Cow Fulani, 163

Cowpea, 42, 125, 133

Crabnut, 71

Criollo, 46, 57

Cross River, 94, 115, 118

Cucurbitaceæ, 84

“Culpepper’s Big Boll,” 110

Cundeamor, 57

Custard apples, 85

“Cutlass,” 22, 50, 52

“Cutlass bean,” 103

Cyanothyrsus oblongus, 84, 96, 106

Cyanothyrsus ogea, 106

Cyanothyrsus sp., 72, 106

Daboya, 87, 90, 91

Dagartis, 86

Dagomba, 86, 87, 89, 156

Dahomey, 29, 101, 120

Daka River, 43

Dakar, 29

Dakman, 156

“Dancing” cocoa, 54

Daniella thurifera, 89, 128, 147

“Dankali.” 160

“Danko Gawa,” 129

“Danko Kadainya,” 129

Date palm, 162

Dauro, 154

“Dawa,” 151

“Dawadawa,” 92

Denkera, 44

“Derba,” 153

“Dhall,” 88, 158

“Dhoole,” 34, 109

“Dhura,” 151

“Difumbe,” 71

Digitaria ternata, 154

Dioscorea alata, 88

Dioscorea colocasifolia, 88

Dioscorea sativa, 88, 159

Dioscorea sp., 84, 115

Diospyros sp., 118

Diparopsis castanea, 112

“Djenje,” 27

Dodowa, 56

Dolichos lablab, 42

“Domana,” 153

Dombeya buettneri, 96

Donkeys, 73, 126

“Dorowa,” 162

“Doya,” 159

Dressed skins, 127

“Dubini,” 72

“Dumjeri,” 121

Dunstan, Professor Wyndham, 12, 78, 110, 136, 140, 162

Dwarf cattle, 119

Dwarf goats, 119

Dwarf horses, 119

Dysdercus nigrofasciatus, 76

Dysdercus superstitiosus, 112, 139

Earias biplaga, 139

Earias imbricata, 112

Earias insulana, 112, 139

Earias sp., 139

Earthenware, 119

“Earth pea.” See Groundnut

Eastern agriculture, 124

Eastern Akim, 47

Eastern Sudan, 86

“Ebo,” 128

Ebony, 117, 118

Ebute Metta, 105

“Eduege-Eyop,” 100

“Efi-ako-Eyop,” 100

Egga, 137

Egg-plant, 95

Egypt, 86, 124

Egyptian boll-worm, 112, 139

Egyptian cotton, 11, 76, 78, 109, 110, 136, 137

Egyptian wheat, 155

Eket, 107

Elæis guineensis, 11, 19, 67, 70, 132

Elæis Thompsonii, 71, 100

Elephants, 88

Eleusine coracana, 155

Embroidery, silk, 163

Entandrophragma sp., 118

“Eponkon,” 108, 109, 110

Euphorbia, 126

“Fai” or “Fawe” beans, 40

Fallow, 138

Famine conditions, 126, 149

Fan palm, 7

“Fande Wa,” 34

Fanti, 25, 44, 74

“Farafara,” 151

“Farin rama,” 144

Farmers’ Association, 30

“Fatainya,” 125

Fernando Po, 38, 46, 47, 57

Fetish nut, 100

Fibre preparation, 145

Fibres, 13, 17, 31, 80, 89, 96, 116, 127, 144, 146

Fibrous plants, 94, 145

Fibrous pulp (oil palm), 97

Ficus, 59, 65, 128, 163

Ficus platyphylla, 128

Ficus trachyphylla, 129

Ficus Vogelii, 9, 65, 129

Fig rubber, 65

“Findi,” 12

“First Niggers,” 104

“Flake rubber,” 65, 128

Floods, 12

Flour, 153, 154, 156

Fogni, 2, 8

Fogola, 145

“Folio,” 9

Food crops, 148

“Forastero,” 46

“Forastero-Amelonado,” 47, 57

Forest produce, 127

Forest products, 45, 94

Forest reserve, 119, 130

Forestry, 42

Fork “kodalli hoe,” 17

Fossil copal, 82, 106

Foulahs, 1, 16

Four-eyed palm-nuts, 100

Fowls, 91

Fra-Fra potato, 89

Freetown, 27, 28, 40

French Guinea, 28, 120

French Sudan, 43, 120

Fruit, 39, 95

Fuel, 97, 119

Fulani, 1, 122, 124

Funtumia africana, 26, 60, 62, 105

Funtumia elastica, 10, 26, 60, 66, 95, 96, 103, 128, 129, 130

Funtumia rubber, 27, 28, 60, 61, 63, 66, 103

Furniture making, 118

Gallinas, 16, 39

Gambaga, 85

Gambaga-Kumassi Road, 86

Gambia, 38, 88, 91, 99, 100

GAMBIA, introductory remarks, geographical position, 1; area and population, 1; tribes, 1; political divisions, 2; natural conditions, 2; chief crops, 3; implements, 3; ploughing, 3; land tenure, 3; labour, 4; agricultural schools, 4; chief exports, 5; Ground Nuts, uses, 5; classification and description, 6; Rubber, 8; Beeswax, 10; Palm Kernels, 11; Cotton, 11; Grain, 12; Root and other Crops, 13; Tanning, 13; Fibres, 13; Timber, 13; Trade, 14

Gambian groundnut, 132

“Gamopale,” 70

“Gara,” 39

“Garma,” 125

“Gawo,” 134

Gbemas, 16

“Gboi-gboi,” 26

“Geda,” 132

Geidam, 121

Gelechiadæ, 112

Gelechia gossypiella, 112

“Georgia” cotton, 110, 112

German African Colonies, 129, 163

German ports, 134

German territory, 86, 104

“Gero,” 152, 154

“Giginia,” 162

Gingelly, 142

Ginger, 30

Ginnery, 33, 77, 108

Ginning centres, 137

Ginning machines, 77

Gins, 76

“Gir,” 154

“Girigiri,” 158

“Giro,” 154

Glenea sp., 51

Gliadin, 156

Glossina morsitans, 91

Glossina pallidipes, 91, 119

Glossina palpalis, 91, 119

Gluten, 156

Glycerine, 70

Glycine hispida, 158

Glycine soja, 42, 158

Glyphodes ocellata, 63

Goat manure for wheat, 155

Goat skins, 13, 116, 142

Gober, 123

Gola Forest, 26

Gold Coast, 1, 10, 22, 27, 29, 36, 99, 116, 132, 145, 148

GOLD COAST, Ashanti and Northern Territories, introductory remarks, geographical position, 43; area and population, 43; divisions, 43; Part I. Gold Coast and Ashanti, origin of tribes, 44; Cocoa, 45; pruning, 50; insect pests and vegetable parasites, 50; harvesting and preparing, 52; markets, 54; improvement of quality, 56; exports, 59; Rubber, indigenous species, 59; “Ofruntum” tree, 59; distribution of Funtumia elastica, 60; native methods of preparing, 60; improved methods, 62; plantations, 63; insect pest, 63; fungoid pest, 63; rubber machinery, 63; vine rubber, 64; fig rubber, 65; introduced species, 65; Palm Oil and Kernels, 66; habits of the oil palm, 67; preparation of palm oil, 68; kernel oil, 69; commercial uses, 69; varieties of oil palms, 70; Other Oil Seeds, 71; Timber, mahogany, 72; other timber trees, 72; Kola, 73; Cotton, 74; American and other exotic cottons, 78; attempts at hybridisation, 78; valuation of samples at Imperial Institute, 79; Fibres, 80; Silk, 81; Copal, 81; Copra, 83; Dyes and Pigments, 83; Indigo, 83; Field Crops, 84; Part II. Northern Territories, tribes, 85; Field Crops, 87; cotton, 87; other field crops, 88; fibre, 89; tobacco, 89; Gums, 89; Wood Oil, 89; Shea Butter, 90; Rubber, 90; Dyes, 90; Beeswax, 91; Leather, 91; Cattle and Poultry, 91; Exports, 92

Gongola, 151

Gonjas, 85

Gossypium arboreum var. sanguineum, 136

Gourds, 84

Gpakas, 16

Grain, 12, 94

Grass cloth, 74

Grass fires, 90

Great or Indian millet, 151

“Green seed” cotton, 75, 78

Groundnut, 1, 3, 4, 5, 12, 14, 38, 42, 84, 85, 87, 88, 92, 95, 96, 115, 124, 125, 126, 127, 132, 133, 142, 158, 164

Groundnut, origin of, 6

Grunshis, 86

Guarea, 118

Guavas, 85, 95

“Guinea corn,” 3, 12, 41, 73, 84, 87, 88, 95, 124, 126, 137, 142, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 159

“Guinea fowls,” 91

Gums and resins, 37, 81, 87, 127, 134

Gurara, 151

“Gutta,” 128

Guttapercha, 127, 129

“Gutta-shea,” 130, 131

Gwari, 123, 124, 126, 154, 155, 158, 163

“Gwaza,” 160

Hamburg, 134

Hand plough, 3

“Hard” oil, 97

Haussa, 13, 74, 89, 90, 94, 116, 122, 123, 124, 126, 132, 144, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162

Haussa Land, 122

Head load as trading standard, 54

Head loads, 73, 91

Hedges, 126

Helianthus tuberosus, 160

Helopeltis, 52

Helopeltis Antonii, 52

Henna, 161

Hevea brasiliensis, 10, 28, 61, 65, 129, 130

Hibiscus, 13, 89, 116, 140, 144, 146

Hibiscus esculentus, 13, 32, 84, 161

Hibiscus guineensis, 96, 145

Hibiscus lunariifolius, 144, 145

Hibiscus quinquelobus, 32

Hibiscus sabdariffa, 89, 145, 161

Hides, 127, 164

Hippopotami, 88

Hoe, 3, 17, 87, 125

Holarrhena Wulfsburgii, 105

Honckya ficifolia, 31

Honey, 40, 91, 162

Horse beans, 42

Horse food, 152

Horses, 2, 91

Husking rice, 156

Hybridisation, cotton, 78, 109, 111

Ibadan, 97, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 139

“Iboru,” 155

Ibos, 94

Ida, 105

“Ifa,” 100

Ifon, 95, 119

Ijoas, 94

Ilaro, 116

Ilesha, 119

Illara, 119

Illushi, 109, 113

Ilorin, 110, 115, 120, 121, 123, 129, 130, 131, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 148, 157, 159, 161, 162

Immunity from fly disease, 119

Imperial Institute, 12, 34, 57, 62, 70, 71, 79, 82, 89, 90, 91, 99, 102, 109, 131, 135, 136, 145, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 162

Implements, agricultural, 18, 125

Incense, 147, 148

Indigenous cotton, 109

Indigo, 13, 34, 39, 83, 90, 95, 119, 144, 161

Indigofera sp., 13, 39, 83, 88, 95, 161

Ink, 13

Insect pests, 50, 87, 110, 112, 117, 139

Ipomœa Batatas, 84

“Ire,” 128

“Irök-eyop,” 100

“Iroko,” 118

Irrigated crops, 126, 151, 155, 156, 159, 161

Irrigation, 94, 137, 142, 145, 155, 157

Irvingia Barteri, 103

Ishan, 112, 119

Ishans, 95

Itu, 107

“Ivioronmila,” 100

Ivory Coast, 62

Iwo, 113

“Janari,” 151

“Jannovitch,” 110

Jars, 119

Java beans, 42

“Jawe,” 27

Jebba, 137, 141

Jebu, 98

Jolahs, 1, 2, 7, 8, 11

Joloffs, 1, 2, 3, 4

Juar, 151

Jute, 13, 31, 80, 81, 89, 145, 146, 147

Jute substitute, 116, 146

Kabba, 120, 128, 135, 142, 145, 148, 161

“Kabe-kalako,” 100

“Kadainya,” 130

Kaduna River, 148, 151, 156

Kainabai, 24

“Kalal,” 17, 18

Kamabai, 24

Kamerun, 23, 25, 70, 71, 101, 120

“Kamu,” 159

Kangahun, 32

Kano, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149, 150, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162

Kano leather, 91, 142

Karaga, 86

“Karandeffi,” 144, 152

“Karantalaka,” 152

“Karantudi,” 144

Karene, 38

“Kari,” 17, 18

“Karu,” 134

“Karu wai,” 17, 18

Kataguni, 121

“Katala,” 17, 18

“Katala kabana,” 17, 18

Katsena, 124

“Kaura-ferin-sosia,” 151

“Kawa,” 89

Kernel, palm, 11, 19, 23, 24, 26, 45, 69, 92, 127, 132, 164

Kernel, palm, Special Committee, 69

Kernel, shea, 130

Kernels, exports, 102, 127

Kernels, palm, export tax, 101

Khaki cotton, 34

“Kharif,” 142

Khaya, 118

Khaya senegalensis, 14, 72

Kicksia africana, 60

“Kidney” cotton, 75, 109, 110

“King palm” nut, 100

King’s market, Ibadan, 117

“Kinto,” 12

Knepp, 121

Kobbo, 9

“Kodalli” fork-hoe, 17

Kogin-Serikin-Pawa River, 131

Koinadugu, 15, 24

“Koko” yams, 84, 115, 159

Kola acuminata, 29, 73, 116

Kolas, 4, 17, 19, 29, 47, 73, 92, 94, 95, 116, 148

Kola vera, 29, 116

Kombe, 85

Kommbo, 2, 11

Konnohs, 16

Kontagora, 120, 121, 122, 134, 135, 144, 161

Korankos, 13, 16

“Korwey,” 32

Kotoo, 9, 10, 13

Krachi, 87

Krepes, 45, 75

“Krepi ball,” 62, 64, 65

Krepi country, 76, 85

Krims, 16

“Krobo,” 82, 83

Krobo Hills, 67

Krobo plantations, 69

Krobos, 45, 69

“Kubiewa,” 161

“Kubiwa,” 161

Kumassi, 43, 47, 55, 63, 64, 79

Kumassi Agricultural Exhibition, 64

Kussassis, 86

Kwahu, 47, 66, 73

Kwahus, 45

“Kwakwa,” 100, 132

Kwalu, 37

“Kwonde,” 34

“Laboji,” 148

Labolabo, 77, 78, 79, 87

“Ladybird” beetles, 117

Lafenwa, 113

Lagos, 12, 19, 74, 93, 97, 98, 101, 102, 106, 107, 115, 116, 148, 161

“Lagos fine grade” oil, 97

Lagos Government Railway, 135

“Lagos silk rubber,” 10, 96

Lammin, 4

Landolphia, 90, 96, 128

Landolphia florida, 104, 128, 148

Landolphia Heudelottii, 8, 28

Landolphia owariensis, 27, 28, 62, 64, 65, 90, 104, 128

Landolphia senegalensis, 104

Landolphia Thollonii, 90

Landolphia Thompsoni, 104, 128, 148

Lapita, 115

Latex, 8, 9, 10, 26, 28, 60, 61, 64, 104, 129, 148

Latex-yielding plants, 104

Lawsonia inermis, 161

“Leaf-blistering blight,” 112

Leather, 13, 91, 96, 116, 142, 152

Leguminosæ, 6, 82, 83, 147

Leguminous crops, 115, 151, 157

Lemu, 160

Lever Bros., 24, 25

Liberia, 15, 28, 80

Licences to collect wild rubber, 103, 105

Limbas, 16

Lime juice, 144

Limes, 85

“Lisombe,” 23, 70, 71, 101

Livestock, 127

Lobis, 86

Locust beans, 162

Lokoja, 121, 128, 130, 135, 139, 140

Lokoja Ginnery, 140, 141, 148

Lonchocarpus cyanescens, 39, 90, 95, 144, 161

Longicorn beetles, 51

Looms, 11, 34

Lophira alata, 40, 103

Lophira procera, 40

Lugard, Sir Frederick, 121, 122

Lumber, 92

Mabang, 18

M’Carthy Island, 2

“Machete,” 22, 50

Machinery, rubber, 64

Machines for nut cracking, 69, 98

Macrolobium sp., 163

Madam Yoko, 28

Mafokoyia, 21, 24

Mahogany, 14, 72, 117, 119, 164

Maifoni, 121

“Maiwa,” 154

Maize, 3, 12, 19, 42, 45, 75, 84, 85, 95, 96, 114, 115, 124, 126, 140, 151, 155

“Makafo dewayo,” 151

Makump, 24

Mallams, 4

Malted grain, 154

Mampong, 47

Mamprussi, 85

Mamu, 103

“Mandingo butter,” 40

Mandingoes, 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16

Mango, African, 103

Mangroves, 1

Manihot Glaziovii, 9, 65, 129

Manihot palmata, 13

Manihot utilissima, 84, 158

Manjagos, 9

Mano, 28

“Manoh twist,” 27

Manure, 49, 94, 126, 138, 142, 147, 153, 158, 159, 160, 161

Manuring, 125

Marseilles, 8, 14, 134

“Mazgua,” 152

Meko, 109, 111

Meliaceæ, 72, 118

Meliola, 63

“Memeluku,” 65

Mendi, 16, 22, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40

Meteorological reports, 38, 150

Milk, 151, 163

Millet, 3, 12, 42, 87, 88, 124, 126, 137, 142, 149, 154, 157

Milling trials, 156

Mimosa group, 122

Mimusops sp., 72

Minna, 155

Monkey nut. See Groundnut

Monodora myristica, 89

Mordant, 96

Morocco leather, 143

Moshis, 86

Mossi, 86

Moyamba, 28, 33, 37

Munchi, 137

Muri, 120, 144, 146

Musa sapientum, 84

“Mussara,” 155

Muzzling cattle, 153

“Napunti,” 31

Naraguta, 121

Nassarawa, 120, 135, 139

Native beer, 119

Native cloths, 87

Native cotton, 90

Native leather, 111

Native levies, 86

Navigation of Volta River, 87

“Neou,” 89

“Neul,” 100

“Niama,” 62

Nicotiana tabacum, 13, 161

Niger, 94, 104, 105, 111, 113, 120, 122, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 153, 155, 156, 159

Nigeria, 22, 25, 27, 81, 105

NIGERIA—NORTHERN PROVINCES, introductory remarks, 120; administration and political divisions, 121; natural divisions, 122; implements, 125; Rubber, 127; sources, 128; plantations, 129; Shea Nuts, 130; Palm Oil and Kernels, 132; Groundnuts, 132; Gums, 134; Cotton, 135; Exotic cottons, 136; valuation of cottons, 136; improvement of plant, 138; Capsicums, 141; Benniseed, 142; Kano Leather, 142; Fibres, 144; Wood Oil, 147; Kola, 148; Cottonseed, 148; Food Crops, 148; Guinea Corn, 151; Bulrush Millet, 154; Maize, 155; Wheat, 155; Rice, 156; Sugar Cane, 157; Leguminous Plants, 157; Soya Beans, 158; Cassava, 158; Yams, 159; Sweet Potatoes, 159; artichokes and small root crops, 160; onions, 160; minor crops, 161; Other Field Crops, dye plants, 161; Tobacco, 161; Miscellaneous: beeswax, 162; locust bean, 162; date palms, 162; Cattle, 162; Silk, 163

NIGERIA—SOUTHERN PROVINCES, introductory remarks, administrative divisions, 93; geographical position, 93; area and population, 93; natural divisions, 93; inhabitants, 94; cultivation, 94; principal crops, 95; Oil Palm, 96; other oil seeds, 102; Rubber, 103; export, 105; Copal, 106; Cocoa, 106; Cotton, 103; Maize, 114; Cassava, 114; Yams, 115; Groundnuts, 115; Shea Nuts, 115; Kola, 116; Fibre, 116; Leather, 116; Tobacco, 117; Silk, 117; Coconuts, 117; Mahogany and Ebony, 117; Cattle, 118; Pottery, 119; Forest Reserves, 119

“Niggers,” 60

Nimrod, 123

Njala, 41, 42

North Bornu, 121

Northern Nigeria, 1, 13, 65, 82, 90, 91, 99, 100, 105, 110, 116

Northern Sherbro, 39

Northern Territories (Gold Coast), 85

Nupe, 120, 122, 131, 132, 135, 139, 141, 144, 146, 148, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161

Nupes, 94, 123, 126, 128, 133, 140, 158

Nut-cracking machinery, 69, 98

Nuts, 98, 99

“Oapottoa,” 129

“Obi abatta,” 116

“Obi gbanja,” 116

Obuassi, 79

“Odum,” 62, 72

Odumase, 46

Odumassi, 67

Œcophylla sp., 51

Ofin River, 43, 66

“Ofo,” 62

“Ofruntum,” 59

“Ogbagba,” 128

“Ogea gum,” 96, 106

“Ogea” resin, 82

“Ogedudin,” 100

“Ogudu” cotton, 110

Ogudu Ginnery, 135, 139, 140

Oil, 90, 99

Oil, crab-nut, 71

Oil, edible, 102

Oil, groundnut, 5, 85, 133, 142

Oil, kernel, 69

Oil mill, 113

Oil, olive, 5, 134, 142

Oil, palm, 11, 19, 22, 24, 26, 45, 66, 68, 80, 85, 92, 94, 96, 119, 132, 140, 143, 164

Oil, palm exports, 102

Oil seeds, 40, 102

Oil, sesamum, 142

Oil, soya bean, 158

“Ojuku,” 100

“Okporukpu,” 100

“Okra,” 13, 32, 84, 89, 95, 161

“Okre,” 62

“Okumankra,” 72

Old Calabar, 105, 107

Oleo margarine, 6

Oleo resinous exudation, 147

Olokemeji, 93, 110, 116

Ondo, 119

Onions, 126, 159, 160

Onitsha, 97, 119

“Opapeh,” 72

“Ope arunfo,” 100

“Ope Ifa,” 71, 100

“Ope pankora,” 100

“Ope yope,” 100

Opobo, 93, 102

Oranges, 39, 85, 95

Oryza sativa, 12, 88

“Osese,” 62

Oshogbo, 97, 98

Ostrich feathers, 127

“Otakataka,” 62

Ouassoulou, 86

Owo, 119

“Owya,” 125

Oxycarenus, 139

Oxycarenus Dudgeoni, 76, 112

Oxycarenus gossipinus, 76, 112

Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, 76, 112

Oyo, 113, 115

Paddy, 156

Paganism, 86

Pagans, 94, 124, 155, 159

“Pagns,” 11

Palmæ, 67, 80

Palm fruit pulp, 85

Palm wine, 11, 67, 85

Pamphlets in Twi, 58

Panguma, 26

Paper manufacture, 146

Papilionaceæ, 6

“Para” rubber, 10, 28, 47, 50, 61, 63, 65, 66, 103, 105, 129

Parkia filicoidea, 92, 162

“Paruru,” 158

“Paste” rubber, 9, 104, 128, 148

Pawpaws, 85, 95

Pendembu, 34

Pennisetum typhoideum, 12, 150, 152, 154

Pentaclethra macrophylla, 40, 103

Pentadesma butyracea, 40

Pentagona, 57

Pepper, 29, 84, 95, 126, 141

Petroleum, 140

Petroleum-soap emulsion, 51

Phaseolus lunatus, 42

Phaseolus mungo, 42

Phœnix dactylifera, 162

Piassava, 13, 33, 80, 116

“Pidgin English,” 16

Pigeon peas, 42, 88, 158

Pigments, 83

Pillows, 143

Pineapples, 39, 85, 95

Plaits (tobacco), 161

Plantains, 84, 85

Plantations (rubber), 129

Plectranthus sp., 89, 160

Ploughs, 3, 17, 124, 138, 150, 153

Poisonous guinea corn, 153

Polishing cocoa, 54

Porridge, 12, 153, 155

Port Lokko, 35, 40

Port Lokkos, 16

Portuguese Guinea, 6, 9

Potato, 160

Pottery, 119

Poultry, 91

Pra River, 43, 72

Pruning cocoa, 50

Pseudocedrela, 118

Pseudocedrela Kotschyi, 72, 89

Pterocarpus erinaceus, 14, 161

Pterocarpus sp., 96, 161

Pterocarpus tinctorius, 96

Pumpkins, 95, 161

Pyralidæ, 63

“Quaqua.” See “Kwakwa”

Rabba, 137

“Rabi,” 142

Railways, 115, 121, 150

Rainfall, 2, 39, 48, 93, 120, 126, 141, 149, 150, 154, 155

“Rama” fibre, 126, 144, 145, 147

“Ramie” fibre, 33

“Ramo” fibre, 144, 145

Rano, 123

Raphia vinifera, 13, 33, 80, 116

Raw cotton, 12, 88

Red dye, 144, 152, 161

Red earth, use of, 54

“Red Kano” rubber, 128

“Red nigger rubber,” 27, 128

Red onions, 160

Red rice, 88

Red wood, 118

“Reke,” 157

Renovation of rubber forest, 63

Resin, 81, 89, 147

Retting fibre, 81, 146

“Rhizome rubber,” 90, 104

Rice, 3, 12, 19, 35, 42, 88, 95, 124, 125, 126, 151, 156, 157

“Richmond” cotton, 79, 110

Ridge cultivation, 125

“Rizga,” 160

Rogo, 126

“Rogo,” 159

“Root rubber,” 27, 65, 90, 104, 128

Roots, 94

Ropes, 13, 96, 144, 145, 161

Rosewood, 14

Rotation of crops, 3, 13, 41, 75, 133, 159

Rubber, 17, 45, 47, 59, 80, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 103, 127, 140, 148, 164

Rubber Commission, 63

Rubber export, 66, 92, 105, 127

Rubber, vine, 8, 27, 64, 103, 128

Rufisque, 6

Run palm, 162

Saccharum officinale, 157

Saddlery, 143

Sahara, 143

Sahlbergella singularis, 51

Sahlbergella theobroma, 51

Salaga, 88, 91

Saloum, 6

Salt, 88

Samodu Almami, 86

Samory, 86

“Sangumi,” 125

“Sankonuabe,” 51

“Sannio,” 12

San Thomé, 38, 46, 57

“Sanyan,” 81, 117

Sapari Hills, 86

Sapele, 105

Savelugu, 86

“Scale insect,” 117

“Scrap rubber,” 8, 64, 65, 104, 128, 129

“Sea Island” cotton, 34, 76, 78, 110

Seasons, 149

“Seed bugs,” 76

Seed cake, 113, 142

Seed cotton, 87, 135, 138

Seedless palm fruit, 71

Seed selection, 138

Segbwema, 28

Sekondi, 47, 55, 63, 66, 72, 80

Senegal, 2, 6, 8, 122, 133, 134

Serabu, 28

Sesamum indicum, 142

Shade crop, 159

“Shaduf,” 124, 126, 155, 161

Shallot, 160

Shari, 137, 140

“Shea butter,” 73, 88, 90, 115, 127, 130, 143

Shea-butter tree, 128

“Shea gutta,” 129

Shea nut, 102, 115, 130

Shea-nut products, 127, 164

Sheep skins, 116, 142

Sherbro Island, 15, 16, 22

Sherbros, 16

“Shinkafa,” 156

Sierra Leone, 12, 70, 74, 80, 88, 91, 96, 99, 100, 109, 157

SIERRA LEONE, introductory remarks, geographical position, 15; area and population, 15; administrative divisions, 15; natural features, 15; natives, 16; land tenure, 16; labour, 17; cultivation, 17; agricultural schools, 18; principal crops, 19; forest products, 19; Oil Palm, localities and the influence of position, 19; small export of oil compared to kernels, 23; proposal to introduce new varieties, 23; improvements in local manufacture, 24; export figures, 26; Rubber, native method of preparation, 26; vine rubber, 27; quality of indigenous rubbers and the export, 27; plantations, 28; Kola Nuts, 29; Red Pepper, 29; Ginger, 30; export trade, 31; Fibres, jute class, 31; Ramie, 33; Piassava, 33; Cotton, 33; indigenous varieties, 34; native weaving, 34; exotic cottons, 34; Rice, 35; exports, 36; Camwood, 37; Copal, 37; Groundnuts, 38; Cocoa, 38; importance of correct climatic conditions, 38; Coffee, 39; Indigo, 39; Fruit, 39; Beeswax, 40; Oilseeds, 40; progress in agriculture, 41; forestry, 42

Silk, 81, 117, 163

Silk cotton tree, 51

“Silk rubber.” See Lagos silk rubber

Silkworms, wild, 117

Silver, 55

“Sindru,” 62

Skins, 73, 127, 143, 144, 164

Skin staining, 96, 161

Small-bolled cotton, 136

Smut-blights, 153

Smut fungus, 12

Snuff, 13, 89, 161

Soap, 40, 70, 71, 98, 103, 115

Soap emulsion, 51

Sokoto, 120, 121, 135, 152, 156

Solanum melongena, 161

Solanum sp., 161

Songhay, 86, 123, 124

Sonni Ali, 86

Sonninkis, 1

Sorghum guineensis var. robustum, 88, 144

Sorghum saccharum, 152

Sorghum sp., 144

Sorghum vulgare, 12, 84, 151

Sorrel hibiscus, 89, 161

Southern Nigeria, 10, 23, 39, 71, 101, 120, 123, 127, 132, 135, 140, 157

Soya beans, 42, 158

Spices, 95

Spinning, 145

Squatter’s licence, 16

“Stainers,” cotton, 76, 112

Staining leather, 88

Steirostoma depressa, 51

Steirostoma histrionica, 51

Sterculia barteri, 96

Sterculiaceæ, 45, 73

Stilbum nanum, 52

Strunk, Dr., 23

Sudan, 73, 74, 134

Sudan boll-worm, 139

Sudan gum, 89

Sugar cane, 95, 125, 126, 157

Sumatra, 102

Susus, 16

Sun-cured tobacco, 117

Swamp crops, 126, 156

Sweet potatoes, 19, 84, 95, 126, 159

Sword beans, 42

Sword scabbards, 143

“Tabel-tiloli,” 100

“Takanda,” 152

“Talh,” 89

Tamale, 88, 91

Tamarind, 163

Tanned skins, 142

Tannin-yielding plants, 62

Tapioca, 115

Tapping implements, 61

Tapping rubber, 66

“Targets,” 161

Tarkwa, 63, 66

Tchad Lake, 124

Terminalia superba, 118

Temperature, 2, 121

“Tengo,” 100

“Tete Quasshi,” 47

Theobroma cacao, 46

Thomas Agricultural College, 18

“Thread blight,” 52

Threshing wheat, 156

“Til,” 142

Tiliaceæ, 80

Tillage, hand, 124

Timani, 16, 22, 25, 31, 35

Timber, 45, 72, 90, 118, 164

Tinainahun, 28

“Tio jarankoro,” 7

Tobacco, 13, 95, 117, 126, 161

Togoland, 10, 43, 66, 77

Tolyposporium sp., 153

Tomato, 161

“Tomba,” 155

Torches, 82, 148

Training yams, 159

Transplanting onions, 160

Transport, 99, 133, 143, 150

Transport (cocoa), 56

Transport (cotton), 80, 87, 138

Traps, 139

Trinidad, 45, 48, 51

Triplochiton johnsoni, 119

Triticum compositum, 155

Triumfetta cordifolia, 80

Triumfetta semitriloba, 80

“Tsamia,” 163

“Tsamian bauri,” 163

“Tsamian doka,” 163

“Tsamian fakali,” 163

“Tsamian tsamia,” 163

“Tsetse” fly, 2, 56, 91, 118, 122, 162

Tufel, 44

“Tug bore,” 100

“Tumuku,” 89, 160

Turmeric, 144

Twi language, 58

“Udin,” 100

Ugboha, 112

“Upland cotton,” 111, 136, 138

Ustilago sp., 12

Ustilago Reiliana, 153

Uwet, 116

Varnish, 31, 82

Vegetable butter, 115, 130

Vegetable fat, 90, 131

“Vegetable whalebone,” 80

Veis, 16

Vigna catjang, 42, 133

Voandzeia subterranea, 158

Volta, 43, 55, 74, 79, 80, 82

“Volta” cotton, 75, 78

Volta River district, 47, 54

Wa, 85, 86, 90

Walas, 85

“Wanki,” 157, 158

Waterloo, 28

Water yam, 88

Wax, 91, 162

Weaving, 34, 74

Weevilly maize, 114

Wells, 151, 155

Western Sudan, 123

West Indies, 16, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 115

Wet season, 126, 149

Wet zone, 93, 94

Whalebone, 33, 80

Wheat, 124, 126, 155

White ball, 64, 65

“White Egyptian onion,” 160

White fungus, 7

White haricot, 157

White maize, 114

White rice, 157

Wild cotton, 75

Wild kola, 73

Wild sesamum, 142

Wine, 80

Wine palm, 33

Winged yam, 88

Wire-haired sheep, 91

Wood ashes, 89, 96

“Wood oil,” 89, 128, 147

Wood oil, mode of collection of, 147

“Wound-response,” 61

Wounds, pruning, 50

“Yakwa,” 161

“Yalo,” 161

Yalunkas, 16

Yams, 19, 42, 45, 75, 84, 85, 87, 88, 95, 96, 115, 126, 159

Yarn, 117, 163

Yauris, 123

Yeji, 88, 90

Yellow dye, 144

Yellow maize, 155

Yendi, 86

“Yi-ku-niche,” 100, 132

Yola, 120, 121, 137

Yonnibannah, 24

Yoruba, 25, 94, 108, 111, 114, 116, 123, 126, 133, 140, 141, 144, 145, 155, 158, 159

Zanfara, 124

Zaria, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 131, 133, 135, 137, 140, 141, 142, 144, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 162

Zaria Ginnery, 140

Zea mays, 84, 155

Zebu, 119, 163

Zingiber officinale, 30

Zungeru, 121, 130, 132, 137

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