the direct management of the association. The governments of some
colonies have aided the efforts of the association. Professor Wyndham
Dunstan of the Imperial Institute, on a reference from the government,
made favourable reports as to the possibilities of extending cotton
cultivation. The results may be seen in the approximate estimates below
of cotton grown more or less directly under the auspices of the
association.

_Bales of 400 lb._

+-------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. |
+-------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| Gambia | 50 | 100 | 300 | .. |
| Sierra Leone | 50 | 100 | 200 | 250 |
| Gold Coast | 50 | 150 | 200 | 250 |
| Lagos | 500 | 2,000 | 3,200 | 6,300 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 200 | 650 | 1,200 |
| | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
| West Africa | 750 | 2,550 | 4,550 | 8,000 |
| West Indies | 1,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 |
| East Africa | 150 | 850 | 2,000 | 3,500 |
| Sind | .. | .. | 500 | 2,000 |
| Sundries | .. | 100 | 250 | 500 |
+-------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| Total | 1,900 | 5,500 | 11,300 | 20,000 |
+-------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| Approximate value |L29,000 |L75,000 | L150,000 | L270,000 |
+-------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+

In the West Indies results are most favourable, both as regards quantity
and quality of the crops. West Indian grown cotton has realized even
higher prices than American grown Sea Island. In West Africa also
prospects appear encouraging. In Sierra Leone little success has been
met with, but on the Gold Coast some cotton better than middling
American has been grown, and the association has concluded an agreement
with the government for an extension of its work. In Lagos crops
increased rapidly. The cotton is almost entirely grown by natives in
small patches round their villages, and generally it has sold for about
the same price as middling American, though some of it realized as much
as 25 to 30 "points on." T