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een largely ousted by G..E. B, 24, which tillers andhas a more popular flavour* G79» which givea about2,000 lbs- paddy per acr-e as against 1,000 lbe, forthe native varieties, is .rapidly gaining favour.,(G79 gave a yield of 4;00G lbs- paddy per acre atDaudawa in 1943)*156. The present Badeggi (Bida) Mill was fittedwith a 25 h.p. engine in January 1945 and consists oftwo No.7 Grant Hullep-Polishers and a separator. Theplant is used for cleaning rice husked locally in mortars.It has a capacity of 2 tons per day and handled360 tons dirty rice in March-November 1945» withan out-turn of 270 tons whole milled rice. Nativepreparedrice is bought for the factory et a commissionof 10/- per ton by Messrs. John Holts and UnitedAfrica Company who gaid'£11.13. 4d» per ton in 1945es against £9. 6* 8u. in 1944. Clean rice was soldex factory for £17.16. 8d. per ton in 1945 and £15.10/-in 1944c Prices for broken rice and bran wererespectively £15.10/- and £3.tO/- per ^on in 1945*157v A survey of the Gold Coast rice industrywas made by Mr. R.R. Glanville in October, 1943. Itwas estimated that annual production then amounted to3,000 tons of clean' rice surplus to the requirementsof the growers. pre-war imports to the Gold-Coastwere 12,000 tons at filp, per ton. Mr. Glanvilleconsidered-that Buffieient suitable land was svaliableto make thefi^ld Coast self-Bupportlng within afew years if the price could be maintained at upwardsof £15 per ton. He considered the prevalent retailprice of £37 per ton (Sekondi) to be a luxury one inrelation to staples such a6 cassava and mai«e, andPointed out that the survival of the industry afterthe war would probably depend cn the degree to whichincreased production brought down prices towards thelevel of Sierra Leone (and Nigerian?) export prices.15ft. Since Mr. Glaville's report rice productionhss been greatly increased. In November, 1945, totalpnduetion in the Gold Coast wae estimated at 9,000tons clean rice per annum. There haB, however, beenno indication of a fell in prices. Prices paid perton of clean rice to producers in the main growingareas were then j- Togoland £27: Aahanti £23-£37:Western Province £3©• In the Eesfern Province (productlor small) the price received by producers hasbeen ae high BB £65 per ton, and the retail price hasat times reached Od. per lb.159. There has been a parallel increase in theprice of staplea aince Mr. OlanTille 1 e visit, and itis early to prophesy the pr_ce level at which farmersare likely to ^ivAe*. production when food priceB returnto normal. it is clear that we are not likely to competein the export market for a number of years Vo come.160. /