ABSTRACT
The palm-oil tree is the staple product of the whole of the coastwise regions of West Africa from Sierra Leone * right down to the Lower Congo. The Niger Delta may be considered as the central region of its production. Since regular administration was set up in the rivers, † the output of the oil and kernels of the palm-oil tree has been as follows: Oil.
|
Year. |
Quantity. |
Value. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1892–93 |
… |
10,079,039 gallons |
… |
£482,803 |
|
1893–94 |
… |
12,207,658 gallons |
… |
637,625 |
|
1894–95 |
… |
Not ascertainable |
… |
505,637 |
|
1895–96 |
… |
10,672,106 gallons |
… |
514,303 |
|
1896–97 |
… |
9,350,559 gallons |
… |
465,583 |
|
1897–98 |
… |
8,476,955 gallons |
… |
410,134 |
|
1898–99 |
… |
8,113,820 gallons |
… |
397,870 |
|
1900 ‡ |
… |
Not stated in C. O. report |
… |
491,131 |
