ENCLOSURE TO PART IIL Portuguese East Africa. Cotton as a crop is still in its infancy in Portuguese East Africa; our export has not yet reached 3,000 bales. Mr. J. A. Evans of the United States Department of Agriculture was invited to accept a temporary engagement with the Government of Portuguese East Africa, to give advice as to the lines on which the cotton industry should be conducted, and he is at the present time writing his report. Two years ago we carried out some experiments with four varieties north of the Zambesi River, at a place located 100 miles from the coast and at 500 feet above sea level. The relative order of merit of these varieties as shown by these trials is as follows: Upland. Bancroft. Hybrid. Watt's Nyasaland Improved Zululand long staple. Earliness vs : us 4 Type of plant ... ori A 2 Average yield per plant a Percentage of Lint ... Resistance to Angular Les Spot, and Anthracnose Resistance to Jassid ... 3 The last-mentioned three varieties were so much inferior to Nyasaland Upland that they were abandoned and apart from the Coast Belt, Nyasaland Upland is now generally grown. At present we have under observation some fields of Pima, imported from the Union of South Africa, located in the Coastal Belt. Other trial plots for variety tests were established at Umbelusi at the Experimental Farm last season which was carried out by Mr. Evans with seeds brought from the United States of America Department of Agriculture, but, owing to unfavourable weather conditions they have not yet reached maturity and the results cannot yet be stated. (Sgd.) S. Grillo. August, 1926. Swaziland. The Cotton specialist arrived in Swaziland in September, 1925, and has seen one season through. An area of some 20 acres at Bremersdorp was leased, and on this, besides the various series of experimental plots, fairly large areas of the five commonly grown varieties were planted, as well as a few small plots of introduced American varieties, all of which served as material from which selections were made. Some 130 plants were marked in the field. The characteristic to which the greatest importance was attached being resistance to the attack of Jassid. This pest appeared rather late in the season, but was considered sufficiently severe to afford a test of this quality. These are now in process of elimination and at present some 40 are still retained. 163