Chuyu, meteorological observations at,
rain, 8, temperature, 101, wind 9,
659
Cinchona plantations in Madras, deductions
from, 227
Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zey-
lanicum), cuttings planted at Maga-
rini, 25, 255 ; grown at Mbweni,
S48 > suited to soil of Zanzibar, 581 ;
large trees in Pemba, 600, 602, 605
Circumcision cycles, Giryama, X08
Citron in Zanzibar, 568
Citrus (see Orange, Sweet Lime, etc.),
cultivation of, 64, 154, varieties of,
in Zanzibar, 547, grow well when
cared for, 567, 568
Civilizing agency of native Christians,
98
Clay soil best for clove-growing, 525,
526, 528, 534, 553
Cleared land, ownership of, 34
Climatology of East Africa, Appendix
C, 4th Report of British Association
for the Advancement of Science,
656 ; Slh Report, 664 ; 6th Report,
670
Cloth used as money, 337
Clove trade of the middle ages, 732
Clove trees (Caryophyllus aromaticus,
L., or Eugenia caryophyllata), in Zanzibar,
507, 515, 516, 517, how culti-
!. vated, 518, 519, 520, at Kokotoni,
52I> 524> 528 ; coco-nuts planted
amongst, and why, 523, 524, 528,
53°, 557 J soil suited for, 525, 526,
5 28, 534> 553 > Dunga and district,
525, 53.8, 539, 542> 543 5 care required
in culture, 526 ; 529, 530,
533) 534) 535 1 average life of tree,
535, effects of presence of ilook, 536 ;
none grown at Jumbvi, 543 ; in
Mwera district, 544 ; a chief commercial
product, 547, lack of care in
culture, 548 ; the chief object of
culture in Zanzibar, 549, 552, 553 ;
original habitat, 553; introduction
into Zanzibar, 553, 554 ; effects of
the hurricane of 1872, 555, 561 ;
Swahili name, 554 ; methods of cultivating,
nurseries, size of beds and
watering, 554, hardening, lining,
holing, and planting, 555, 556,
prices of seeds and plants, 555,
weeding and after-cultivation, 556,
557, diseases, enemies, etc., 557, 558,
time of bearing and yield, 558, 560,
colour of buds, and gathering, 558,
curing, and price of hired labour ;
clove stems, disposal of the crop,
value, and duty, 559 ; comparison between
cloves of Zanzibar and those of
Pemba, 559, 560, 607, 608; mode
of shipment, 560; clove stalks, export
table, 560, revenue from, in
Zanzibar and Pemba, 561 ; price in
London, 1896, 562; various methods
of drying, 562; suggestions for improved
culture, 563, in combination
with cacao, 580; culture in Pemba
Island, 586, 588,589, 590, 591, yield,
592> 593> 594) Arabs consider Pemba
better suited for their growth than
Zanzibar, 595 ; 598, 599, 600, 601,
602, 603, 604, 605, chief points connected
with culture, 606, Pemba
cloves at present inferior to those of
Zanzibar, 607, 608
Clove tree, Appendix G upon, 731,
habitat, varieties, and distribution,
732, culture in various places, 733—
735 |
Coast-lands of British East Africa, I,
denuded of wood, 81, the rubber area,
150, and varieties of rubber in, 152 ;
capabilities and value of, 204 ;• suggestions
for developing, 204-221 ;
products of, to be cultivated, 272
Cobra, see Snakes
Cochin copra (see Copra), -260
“ Cock-fighting,” 82
Coco de Mer (.Lodoicea); 545
Cocoa cultivation in Trinidad (see
Cacao), 551
Coco-nut trees (Cocos nucifera) (see Coir,
Copra, Toddy, etc.), distribution and
cultivation, 15, 16, 17, yield, 34, 40,
48, 51) 57) 58) 59) 238; price per
thousand nuts, 59 ; prices, local, 143,
148 ; 65, 68, 69, 87, 102, 138, invalid
trees, 142, 143, 147, 432, 435 ; care
required by, 142, 145-148, 208 ; at.
Aroboko, 154; 155, 204,-210, notes
and proposals concerning, 213, 214;
brackish milk, 219, cured by drainage,
220; will not thrive in inland
salt soil, 247, but like to grow in
creeks, 407, 422,425,426, 523 ; 248,
249, experimental culture proposed,
272; 274, 281, 285, 286, 287, 288,
nursery at Magarini, 306; 341, 344,
345. 352> 354, 355, 359, 366, 3«7,
369, 375, 376, 377, 379, 380; in
Patta, 382, 384, 385, largely grown
near Siyu, 386, 387, 388, 389, 391,
392, none at Mgini, 403, few at
Masagoni, 405, at Mkauoni, 418,
importance of cultivating, 419 ; bush
soil suited for, 426; 436, 438, cut
down as punishment at Kiongawana
Island, 440 ; water- borne nuts, 470 ;
at Kionga, 472 ; in Zanzibar, versus
ploughs, 506.; 515, 556, 517, „ear
Chueni, 518, 520, at Kokotoni, 521
why planted amongst cloves, 523*
524, bad results to themselves, 528,'
53°, 557 1 same custom in Pemba’
591, 592, 603; near Dunga, 525’
526, 557, in Kokotoni district, 526-
53°, 533 1 near Mdo, 534, 535, 536,
540_544 ; a chief commercial product
of Zanzibar, 547, 552, chief
tacts regarding, 564 ; on Pemba
Island, 593, 594, S9S) S97j 59g; 6o4:
609; report on cultivation at Maga-
rim, 633
Coco-nut gathering, 71, 260
husks wasted, 17, 59, 214, 598
matting, 539
Bit 59 5 note on, 260, 519
uses made' of, for beer, 102, for
food, 316, for roofing, 142, 353
380, 382, 441
Coco-nut, the -Pemba or dwarf species,
88, 149, 565, 591
Coffee (Coffea Arabica and Liberica,
called also ‘ Cassenga ’), wild, 334,
. beans, chewed by Bajoni, 382, Liberian
species diseased at Mbweni,
545; coffee growing in Nyasaland
successful, 551, in Pemba, 595, in
Uganda, 654, in Zanzibar, 548, 568 ;
extension of growing, to Taita, 736 ;
reports on coffee from British East
Africa, 627, 628, , on coffee from
Uganda, 654 .
Coir rope, 58, 214, 380, method of
manufacture,, 381, prices, 381, 383,
advice to natives on, 386, 388, 400 ;
in Zanzibar, 518, 519, 524;-used for
shoes, 540; 565 ; report on the
industry in British East Africa, 629,
expert’s suggestions on manufacture,
630, the industry on the west coast
of Southern India, 630
Colombo, murrain in, 313, rainfall at
579
Commercial products of Zanzibar and
Pemba, 547, 575, Appendix B, 624
Communication (see Bullock hackeries,
Draught-animals, and Roads), facilities
for, necessary, 89, present means
°f, 55L 566
Comoro Islands, and Islanders, 214, in
Zanzibar, 510, coir manufacturers,
518; 524, coir of, 565
Congo pea (Cajanjis indicus) (see Baazi
and Peas), 64, 143, 517, use of its
leaves, 518; 548, 589, 598
Congo State, and cattle disease, 348,
tsetse-fly in, 357
Consul-General at Zanzibar (see Portal,
Sir Gerald)
Coolies from Kurachi, 85, 89; required
in British East Africa, 208
209
Copal (see Gum Copal)
Copra, 59, 214, its value and uses,
260, transit and packing of, 263 ;
from Rabai, 288; 381 ; advice concerning,
386; 388 ; of Pemba Island,
587 i preparation of, 608, 609 ; report
on that from Magarini, 632; of Zanzi-
bar, 5x8, 564, 632
Coral, of the coast-line, 82 ; islets, 441,
442> 443, 445 , 448, 507 ; rocks and
uses, 143, 149, 28x, 358, 368, 369,
380, 384, 386, 387, 388, 392, 433,
44L 5i8, ,526, 527, 529, 533, near
and at Dunga, 537, 538, 539, 540,
the Limani rock, 541; 542, 543 ; at
month of Mwera river, 544, in the
West Indies and Zanzibar, 577, in
Pemba, 588, scarce, 602
Cotton (Gossypium spp.), and cotton-
growing
at Magarini, 24,40, 57, 67, 71, 237,
Sea Island and New Orleans seed
planted, etc., 256, value of, 259 ;
264, experimental culture proposed,
272; 306, manufactured,
309 ; report on, 637
Herr Tost’s plantation, 360,
methods pursued, 361-363,
results, 364 ; Herr Tiede’s plantations,
crop, and quality, 364,
365
near Itembe, 392, at Mattaroni,
393, price, 394, method pursued,
395, 396, value, 397 ; 399,
crops at M’Kauoni, 4x8
Native and wild cotton, distribution
and cultivation, 147, 210, 371,
372, at M’Tapa, 421, near Shwe’,
431, 432> at Rubu, 435, at
Kionga, 441, not grown at
Burkau, soil suitable, 466
in Zanzibar, 548, not a suitable
crop, 569
reports on, 634; 635, 637, table
of valuation, 636-640
a suitable crop, 15, 41, 48, 98,
166, 210, 238, 466
Cotton-seed, for experimental culture,
J3> 256 ; used as fodder, 209 ; syndicate
desirable for distributing, 419 ;
report on, 641
Cow-dung as cure for tsetse-fly bite
357
Cowrie shells at Kionga, 439, 441
Creation myth in Giryama, 103