In spite of this a fear was expressed at the outset that the attendance at these schools would be disappointing, in view of the fact that Mohammedan chiefs would be restrained by their mallams from sending their children where there might be a risk of their religious conversion. Although it had been specially laid down that no religious teaching would be insisted upon, the fear proved justified and the school never became a success, the attendance being only of a few aliens. Since the closing of this school no renewal of agricultural instruction seems to have been made. =Chief Exports.=—The following table gives the average amounts and values of the chief exports for 1900-10, and the individual figures for the remaining years to 1918. Groundnuts Rubber lbs. Beeswax lbs. Palm Kernels Year tons and value and value and value tons and value 1900-10 Av. 39,000 tons 46,000 lbs. 45,500 lbs. 255 tons £250,000 £3,500 £2,000 £2,260 1911 47,931 tons 10,733 lbs. 33,871 lbs. 443 tons £437,472 £836 £1,514 £4,758 1912 64,169 tons 4,335 lbs. 30,830 lbs. 445 tons £502,069 £409 £1,164 £6,518 1913 67,404 tons 12,995 lbs. 31,518 lbs. 546 tons £622,098 £1,027 £990 £9,026 1914 66,885 tons 3,548 lbs. 15,513 lbs. 495 tons £650,461 £102 £473 £7,815 1915 96,152 tons 1,171 lbs. 9,563 lbs. 326 tons £400,435 £31 £311 £5,457 1916 46,366 tons 355 lbs. 6,950 lbs. 669 tons £506,098 £23 £104 £14,671 1917 74,300 tons 1,753 lbs. 3,962 lbs. 532 tons £869,790 £187 £247 £7,994 1918 56,489 tons 564 lbs. 8,626 lbs. 644 tons £800,319 £40 £501 £9,800 _Note._—Cotton exports were 59,828 lbs. and 2,572 lbs. in 1904 and 1905 respectively. None has been exported since. =GROUNDNUTS.=—This commodity is by far the most important exported product, and is alone subject to a duty levied by the Administration. =Uses.=—The undecorticated nuts are shipped, chiefly, to the French ports and to Hamburg, for the expression of an oil of excellent quality, of which they yield on an average about 30 per cent., estimated on the weight of the raw material. This is equivalent to about 44 per cent. of the weight of the extracted kernels.