3 APRIL 1926, Page 11

It was an eminently satisfactory story which Sir Frederick Guggisberg,

the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, had to tell at the opening of the Budget Session at Accra. The exports, imports and revenue are the greatest in the history of the Colony. West Africa seems to be one of the most prosperous parts of the British Empire. I am glad to learn that the Gold Coast Govern- ment proposes to open a Commercial Intelligence Bureau in London in June. Suitable offices have been found in Abbey House, Victoria Street. In future the seeker after information about Equatorial Africa should have no difficulty in obtaining .it, as both East and West Africa are now represented in London.