AFRICAN CACAO.
MAP OF AFRICA—WITH ONLY CACAO-PRODUCING AREAS MARKED.
In the map of Africa the principal producing areas are marked. Their production in 1918 was as follows:
CACAO BEANS EXPORTED.
| Metric Tons. | Percentage of World's production. | |
| Gold Coast (British) | 66,343 | 24.5 |
| San Thomé | 19,185 | 7.1 |
| Lagos (British) | 10,223 | 3.8 |
| Fernando Po | 4,220 | 1.6 |
| Cameroons | 1,250 | 0.4 |
| Togo | 1,000 | 0.4 |
| Belgian Congo | 875 | 0.3 |
| African Total | 103,096 tons | 38.1 per cent. |
| British Africa | 76,566 tons | 28.3 per cent. |
THE GOLD COAST (Industria floremus).
Accra Cacao.
The name recalls stories of a romantic and awful past, in which gold and the slave trade played their terrible part. Happily these are things of the past; so is the "deadly climate." We are told that it is now no worse than that of other tropical countries. According to Sir Hugh Clifford, until recently Governor of the Gold Coast, the "West African Climatic Bogie" is a myth, and the "monumental reputation for unhealthiness" undeserved. When De Candolle wrote concerning cacao, "I imagine it would succeed on the Guinea Coast,"[4] as the West African coast is sometimes called, he achieved prophecy, but he little dreamed how wonderful this success would be. The rise and growth of the cacao-growing industry in the Gold Coast is one of the most extraordinary developments of the last few decades. In thirty years it has increased its export of cacao from nothing to 40 per cent. of the total of the world's production.