Nyasaland.

  • Colonial Office
Date:
[1930]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nyasaland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which £86,000 represents advances made to the railway com¬ panies for construction work on the Zambesi Bridge, Southern Approach, and Northern Bailway Extension. In accordance with the scheme for the construction of the Zambesi Bridge, the Southern Approach Bailwav, and the ex¬ tension of the railway from Blantyre to Lake Nyasa, the follow¬ ing works will be carried out :— (a) Improvements to the Tlans-Zambesia line and for expenditure of a capital nature ; estimate, ,1300,000. (b) Construction of the Southern Approach to the Bridge ; contract, £355,348. (c) Construction of the Zambesi Bridge; contract, £1,078,989. {d) Improvements to the line from the Northern Approach to Blantyre; estimate, £159,169. (c) Construction of the Northern Extension of the Bailway from Blantyre to Lake Nyasa; estimate, £980,000. In order to finance the above schemes the Nyasaland Govern - ment will eventually raise a loan under the Palestine and East Africa Loans Act, 1926. The Imperial Government has guaran¬ teed the interest charges on the loan from the Colonial Develop¬ ment Fund for a period not exceeding ten years or a maximum of £500,000. IV.—PRODUCTION. Agriculture. Tobacco.—During 1930, the European production of tobacco amounted to 1,906 tons from 17,481 acres, an increase of yield of 617 tons from a decrease of acreage of 1,788 over the figures for 1929. The amount purchased of native-grown tobacco was 4,233 tons, an increase of 352 tons over the preceding year. Of this total, 2,943 tons were produced in the Central Province, 933 tons in the Southern Province, 177 tons in the Zomba Province, and 180 Ions in the Northern Province. The number of registered native growers in 1930 was 48,419 against 47,578 in 1929. The Central Province provided 29,077 growers, and the other Provinces a total of 19,342. Growing conditions in the early part of season were good in general but growth was checked in January and February by heavy falls of rain and lowered temperatures and by the dry weather of March. Good leaf was obtained when tobacco could be left in the field and on the whole ithe dark-fired tobacco was good, but enforced early harvesting led to difficulty in curing and much green leaf. The Native Tobacco Board continued its operations in the Central Province. The field staff was reorganized and strengthened during
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