ABSTRACT
The value of village land in the Gold Coast is rapidly changing owing to migration of farmers from the older thickly planted areas of the east to the more recent cocoa areas of the west. The internal income arises from payments for the services of craftsmen or labourers, the locally produced foodstuffs sold in market, and the profits of the petty traders dealing in articles and food brought to the village from elsewhere. These items were estimated from answers to questions, prices checked by actual records of market sales, produce checks etc., where available. The main items of expenditure on goods brought into village are meat and clothes. Advantage of excursion to a town may be taken to make purchases of clothes wide variety in designs is found in the stores of the European firms. “Public Welfare” is made up of amounts raised by levies on the people when demand for cash for debt redemption or litigation expenses is urgent.
