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a report of a former acquaintance and correspondent, the late Mr. Consul Campbell, of Lagos. The report, as will be seen, includes several other items besides palm oil, and it refers exclusively to Lagos.

shipped from lagos during 1857.

				Value.
13,097	casks of Palm Oil,	4,942	tons,	£222,390
1,053	Elephant Tusks,	24,118	lbs.,	4,220
868	bales of Cotton,	114,848	lbs.,	3,490
				230,200
50,000	native Cotton Cloths,			25,000
	Total value of exports from Lagos,	£255,200

Palm Oil—

From the Benin River,	2,650	tons,
From the“ Palma,	3,250	tons,“
From the“ Badagry,	1,250	tons,“
From the“ Porto Novo, Appi, Vista, &c.,	4,500	tons,“
From the“ Whydah	2,500	tons,“
From the“ Ahguay and neighboring ports,	2,500	tons,“
	16,650	tons,	£732,600
150,000 country Cloths of native manufacture from above ports,			75,000
		£1,062,800

Of the above productions there was shipped from Lagos in the year—

	1856.		1857.		Increase.
Palm Oil,	3,884	tons,	4,942	tons,	1,058	tons.
Ivory,	16,057	lbs.	24,118	lbs.	8,061	lbs.
Cotton,	34,491	lbs.	114,844	lbs.	81,353	lbs.