BRITISH WEST AFRICA.
REPORT OF COMMISSION. .LARGE MINERAL •DEPOSITS. LONDON, March 1. An empire almost forgotten in the British West African States has been brought into the limelight by the return of a British Parliamentary Commission headed by Sir Walter Eliot, the Under-Secretary for Scotland, from a recent tour of the States. These comprise Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Ashanti, and other States such as Togo and the Canieroous, which are held under a joint British-French mandate.
The mission reports that the natives are so alive to ’ the advantages of motor transport that they borrow shovels and voluntarily construct roads. There are no industrial troubles', because, owing to bounteous nature, it is only necessary to work for two months of the year. A native is able to cut three tons of coal a day out- of the thick seams on the Enugu hillsides. There are also rich tinfields and a great palm oil belt. The 20,000,<ytA natives are just tasting cirilfeation. Already they buy more British goods per capita, than the people of the United States,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 March 1928, Page 7
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