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Kapi Richard, planter, Notable, father of twenty-.two · children at Bandjoun l solidly built house 7 African huts 3 tables and 21 chairs lCO pieces of sheet-iron of 12 kg., 100 planks and 33 rafters 8 beds ccmplete with bedding 3 machetes, 6 shovels, 3 sporting rifles and 2 pickaxes 1 large mirror, 3 crowbars, 1 hammer, l axe and 3 bowls 3 soup-tureens, 3 twenty-litre demijohns, l bucket with cover 4 saucepans, 1 hatchet, 20 baskets of cola and 4 empty sacks 600 eggs, 24 hens 1 3 pairs of shoes and l cupboard 24 drinking glasses, 28 spoons, 33,000 francs in cash b dresses, 6 jackets, 5 khaki shirts and ox tails l portfolio, wooden door, 1 piece of material in square yards 12 wcmen' s dresses, 1 tarboosh and Bamike costume 12 head scarves, l bead necklace and 2 children's berets 3 knives for pruning vines, 2 empty barrels and 17 plates 50 bamboo faggots, 400 wood faggots, 2 pigs and 6 goats 5 drums of palm oil, 2 Aida lamps and 3 pairs of drill trousers 1 pair of shorts, l black jersey and l flat-iron For my wives: 3 saucepans, 2 gourds, 2 blankets l mattress, 1 chest, 6 dresses and 6 head scarves 1 beret, 2 pairs of shoes and 6 plates 1 drum of palm oil, 3 bowls and 1 loin-cloth 1 hurricane lamp, medium-sized saucepan and 1 purse Total: Francs 27,000 158,000 45,000 5,500 6,400 2,450 85,700 29,400 71,640 13,000 2,750 13,000 24,750 2,480 44,400 30,000 2,700 6,300 28,350 3,850 2,950 1,750 594,140 T/PET,5/906 English Page 28 18. (...) li s-t of my own . 1 large house built of sheet-iron, looted 10 huts built of earth, looted 2 tables (2 metres by 90 cm.) 1 round table 20 chairs and folding chairs 100 twelve-kg. pieces of sheet-iron 100 planks 33 rafters .... 2 beds 1 bed 1 large mirror 3 indi@enous rifles 5 wooden and bamboo beds 5 mattresses of African cotton and straw 5 woollen blankets 20 baskets of cola 600 eggs 3 pairs of shoes 17 hens 1 cupboard filled with clothing 2 black ox tails 1 traditional tarboosh I give below a Francs 14,000 9,500 10,000 75,000 70,000 13,200 14,000 3,000 2,500 21,000 8,400 9,600 10,000 80,000 6,000 7,500 8,400 15,000 4,ooo 7,000 1 necklace of indigenous beads 50 bamboo faggots 400 firewood faggots 2 pigs 6 goats 5 drums of palm oil 2 Jdda lamps 44 articles of miscellaneous clothing 119 miscellaneous household articles 21 miscellaneous tools Total: Statement of Mmes Kapun Richard - Makoupae and Madzak at Bandjoum 3 four-gallon saucepans 1 one-gallon saucepan 2 casseroles 2 blankets 1 door broken 1 mo.°½tress 1 filled chest 6 dresses 6 head scarves 1 beret 2 pairs of shoes 1 hurricane lamp 3 bowls 10 plates l loin-cloth 1 drum of palm oil Total: T/PET.5/906 English Page 29 Francs 22,000 2,000 1,400 20,000 12,600 6,000 3,000 21,750 16,770 8,100 493,670 Francs 3,900 400 1,400 1,000 1,000 600 22,000 4,400 1,350 100 2,350 350 1,050 1,400 700 1,200 43,200 I request the immediate Unification and Independence of the Cameroons and a United Nations High Commissioner to form our Government. (...) Fotso Tafoyone As well as many others whose names are unknown, My property taken by those people is as follows: 4 wooden or plank doors 4 wooden window-frames 1 table measuring 1 metre, 35 12 chairs with backs 1 wooden packing case (1 m. by 4 cm.) 30,000 francs (thirty thousand francs) 1 long piece of plain material 2 wooden beds 2 mattresses of cotton and cloth 3 woollen blankets 1 barrel of honey 5 kg, of rice 2 bars of soap •r/PET, 5/906 English Page 32 .The hut of my wife Tchuendem ·Elene was destroyed when she had just given birth to a baby; These groups of people ate my wife I s cooked food, 2 three- and five-gallon cast-iron saucepans 1 basin for washing the baby 1 barrel full of palm oil 2 wooden doors for the hut of the wife who had ~he baby 1 paraffin oil lamp 10 large sacks of unshelled ground-nuts 1 barn for food crops - macabos ~ maize - yams T/PET.5/906 English Page 33 21.