Valuation of Cottons.—The following table shows the value of different cottons grown in Northern Nigeria and examined at the Imperial Institute. (See Professor Dunstan’s “British Cotton Cultivation,” pp. 34-37.)

Locality.Kind.Length of Staple.Value.Standard value at time of test.
BassaAmerican·9-1·2 in.d.M.A. 6·39d.
1-1·3 „5½-6d.
1-1·3 „d.
·8-1·2 „d.
1-1·3 „d.
·9-1·4 „6d.
·9-1·3 „6d.
·9-1·2 „6-6¼d.
1·-1·3 „d.
Native·9-1·3 „6½-7d.
1-1·4 „8½-9d.M.R.P. 9·1d.
1-1·3 „8d.
·9-1·4 „8¼-8½d.
·8-1·2 „7¾-8d.
1-1·3 „d.
1·2-1·5 „d.
1-1·3 „8d.
·9-1·3 „d.
1·1-1·6 „8-8½d.
·9-1·3 „6d.M.A. 6·39d.
ZariaBrazilian (?)·9-1·2 „4d.
Egyptian·9-1·5 „6d.F.G.F.B. 10¹⁄₁₆d.
YolaNative·8-1·2 „d.M.A. 6·39d.
American·9-1·3 „d.
MunchiNative1-1·5 „8d.M.R.P. 9·1d.
IlorinAmerican·9-1·3 „d.M.A. 6·39d.

(M.A. indicates the price ruling at the time of valuation for standard “Middling American,” M.R.P. that for “Moderately Rough Peruvian,” and F.G.F.B. that for “Fully Good Fair Brown Egyptian.”)

VILLAGE OF FOGOLA, BUILT OF GUINEA-CORN STALKS.

Fig. 31. [p. 126]

OUTSIDE THE EMIR’S PALACE, KANO.

Fig. 32, [p. 137.]