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Title: The Sherbro and its hinterland
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Alldridge, T. J. (Thomas Joshua), 1847-1916
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Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and Co., limited New York, The Macmillan Company
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898 . . . 10,795 I 21 . . . „ 49,670 II 3 1899 . . . 9,616 36... „ 61,455 12 6 The falling off in quantity for the last two years mayprobably be attributed to the native disturbances whichoccurred in 1898, and from an unwillingness on the part ofthe women traders to go about the country. But thatcause having now been removed, there seems every possi-bility of a satisfactory increase, as this is a trade in everyway suited to the Sierra Leone women, and equally so tothe country people. It is one they like, and which is capableof unlimited extension by the simple planting of trees.Although the quantity shipped in the last return is slightlyless than that quoted for 1896, it will be observed thatits value was more than ;^23,ocxD in excess of it, showingwhat a very much higher price the nuts realised. In theshipments for 1899, with the exception of 189I cwt.,nearly the entire quantity went to the Gambia and theSenegal ports. A single kola tree will bear a yearly cropup to £2 in value.
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VIo face page 75. Fig. 20.—A Camwood Tree, Upper Mendi. VIII INDIGENOUS PRODUCTS 75 THE CAMWOOD TREE On leaving SuHma for the Hinterland, the camwoodtree is almost immediately observed and is never lost again.This grand tree, which should be of great commercialvalue, attains a very considerable height, as the picture(Figure 20) will show. I myself cut down one whichmeasured sixty feet. It has a dense foliage. The centre, or heart-wood, is ofa lovely orange, that upon exposure darkens to a deepred, and is surrounded by a thick sap-wood which isuseless. The red heart-wood is so extremely close andhard that it can with difficulty be cut with an ordinaryaxe, and so heavy that it can only be carried down andshipped in very short billets, from which, in England, adye is extracted. Of course, with suitable means of transport, long lengthsmight be exported, and these should prove invaluablefor veneers, as it is a wood of extremely beautiful colour,and takes a high polish. It is a pleasant s

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