Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . kind ofdeciduous fruit is grown ; citrus orchards arc also numerous, but. T \m i Hw i rom T \iu i Mountain. require irrigal ion in summer. The dry summers fa\ our fruit -drj ingand the curing of tobacco. The Caledon and Malmesbur} districts arc well suited to the production of cereals, particularly wheat. The principal natural assets of Copt /..// tic Table Mountain, >. feet in height, and Table Bay. The mountain not only lends beaut} and distinc-tion t the city, l»ut by condensing moisture from the Atlantic creates ? rainfallwithout which no sett
Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . kind ofdeciduous fruit is grown ; citrus orchards arc also numerous, but. T \m i Hw i rom T \iu i Mountain. require irrigal ion in summer. The dry summers fa\ our fruit -drj ingand the curing of tobacco. The Caledon and Malmesbur} districts arc well suited to the production of cereals, particularly wheat. The principal natural assets of Copt /..// tic Table Mountain, >. feet in height, and Table Bay. The mountain not only lends beaut} and distinc-tion t the city, l»ut by condensing moisture from the Atlantic creates ? rainfallwithout which no settlement could have grown up. With its highly-productive Immediate hinterland :in<l its facilities tiimporting raw material from abroad, Cape Town is not merelj a port bul ?bus} industrial city. Its manufactures presented bj grain nulls. breweries and distilleries, cement and lime works, jam factories, woollenmills, furniture factories, tobacco lactones, biscuit and confectioner} factors ?,coach and wagon works, boot and shoe factories, railwa} workshops, tan*aeries, soap factories, saw-nulls and
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