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Congo Free State concession companies, Lulonga Company shown in yellow

The Lulonga Company was a concession company of the Congo Free State.[1] It was, with the Société Anversoise and the Abir Congo Company, one of the main producers of rubber in the Free State.[2] The company's rubber production declined in the early 20th century as a result of over harvesting of the natural rubber vine (Landolphia owariensis gentili) and the entire concession produced just seven tons of rubber in 1905.[3] Like Abir and the Société Anversoise, the Lulonga Company handed back control of the concession to the Congo Free State in 1906.[2]

References

  1. ^ Harms 1975, p. 78.
  2. ^ a b Harms 1983, p. 136.
  3. ^ Harms 1975, p. 87.

Bibliography

  • Harms, Robert (1975), "The End of Red Rubber: A Reassessment", The Journal of African History, 16 (1): 73–88, doi:10.1017/S0021853700014110, JSTOR 181099
  • Harms, Robert (1983), "The World Abir Made: The Margina-Lopori Basin, 1885-1903", African Economic History (12): 122–139, JSTOR 3601320
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