PART V. >3 
Provinee, on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and Meru both non-native and 
native production. 
The proportion of coffee that is produced by natives of the whole 
production in Tanganyika—by value—is 679%, which, of course, means 
that by weight it is very much larger, on account of the fact that the 
Bukoba coffee is inferior to the Kilimanjaro coffee. 
We have a special problem in the Northern Province—that is, on 
the slopes of the two mountains already mentioned—a problem of a 
similar nature to that which is being tackled in Uganda—that is, the 
production of native coffee under adequate control. Our problem, 
however, is somewhat complicated by the close adjacency of the non- 
native estates. In the native industry of coffee in this particular 
region Government does not encourage its production. We encourage 
the production of native foodstuffs, which is a very important matter, 
a much more important matter to the native than coffee production; 
but we put no obstacle in the way of the native who wishes to grow 
coffee. We exert, as far as possible, a sympathetic advisory attitude. 
In order to maintain effective control we are introducing legislation 
which applies to the native and non-native alike. 
One most interesting feature of this native coffee industry is the 
formation of a Native Planter’s Association; this Association has no 
connection with Agricultural or Administrative Departments but is an 
Association that, after being established with the sympathetic aid of 
those Departments, is able now to stand on its own feet. It is a 
co-operative association, which, by means of a small subscription 
collected from its native members, is enabled to buy the appliances 
and materials that are required for protection not only of the native 
phase of the industry but the non-native phase. 
In this way the natives are able to obtain, collectively, 
appliances which they would not have acquired individually. Now 
however they not only possess those resources, but also ship their own 
coffee. When there have been difficulties about coffee shipment we 
have tried auction markets, but a buyer's ring was formed, and these 
markets had to be abandoned: now the native coffee is sent to 
London by the Association itself. It is first of all graded under the 
inspection of the Agricultural Department; and it is an intsresting 
fact that that coffee obtains prices equal to those offered for non- 
native coffee, and, in some cases, in excess of them. 
Furthermore, I have had examination and report on the coffee 
made by the Imperial Institute, and the reports are to the same effect 
as the reports of the brokers who actually handled the coffee as a 
commercial product. 
Our fourth product is hardly agricultural but it is mentioned with 
the others, namely, hides and skins. 
This export has increased greatly in recent years and its value has 
been enhanced through the work of the Veterinary Department in 
teaching the proper treatment of the hides. Increased production for 
export quickly followed the removal of an export tax; and output also 
depends on the incidence of eattle disease. 
Our next production, which is agricultural, and one of the most 
important in the Territory, being the fifth on the list at the present 
time, is groundnuts. That product, again, has increased very oreatly,