East 75 Babishtrica .] LABOUR ; AGRICULTURE ; а .

in the highlands of the East Africa Protectorate, but also in the higher and cooler portions of Uganda. Potatoes are prolific and of excellent quality . The tobacco grown satisfies native taste, but is not yet of quality suitable for the European market. There appears to be an opening for sugar-cane, which can begrown freely in both Protectorates. A rapidly extending industry is the cultivation of sisal, which promises satisfactory profits for co -operative enter prise. Raphia fibre providesuseful material for tying and for basket-making. Bark for tanning is stripped from the mangroves which grow wild along the coast, and from theblack-wattle plantations established in recent years in the highlands . The value of wild rubber has fallen below the point at which profit is pos sible, and that of Ceará rubber shows a like tendency; but the Pará rubber plantations of both Protectorates have reasonable prospects of success . Coconut planta tions are receiving attention in the coastal belt. The highlands are specially suitable for all sorts of European vegetables, and almost all European fruits; tropical fruits grow freely near the coast. Citrus fruits, especially limes and lemons, are attracting special attention.

The native varieties of horned cattle and of sheep and goats, which thrive everywhere in the inland dis tricts , are specially useful to European settlers as providing low-priced stock for breeding up by crosses with imported animals. The numbers of cattle, sheep, and goats in the two colonies at the beginning of 1917 were approximately one and a quarter, five and a quarter, and four millions respectively. Donkeys, mules, and even horses can be kept in health on the highlands and the Gwas Ngishu plateau. The Tur kana, Rendile , Borana , and other northern tribes own large numbers of camels . Pigs thrive in the highlands, and a bacon -curing factory is established near Nairobi. Ostrich -farming has made little progress latterly, owing to the fall in the price of feathers. Poultry of European origin are widely distributed and thrive well .

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