■ Accountancy - costing for industry Edward McNairn continues his series on accountancy by examining three different types of costing relating to construction, transport and processing, respectively. ■ Transferring textile technology : A Special Correspondent reports on aproject involving co-operation between Ghana and Nepal which should result in a much needed commercial boost to the Ghanaian textile sector. ■ Company focus : We look at the background to a new office furniture factory which is to open shortly and review the equipment supplied to it by a British company. ■ Forklifts for roros : Design features of the forklift truck are considered in the context ofapplications on and off the roro ships. ■ Air conditioner maintenance : In industry and at home the air conditioner has a vital role to play in people'sproductivity and comfort. Despite this,failure to maintain machines regularly is the most usual cause for the breaking down. ■ Focus on Sierra Leone : Diamond mining, National trading company, Sierra Leone product marketing board, National development bank, Tourism, Fishing. ■ West African construction: Including focus on mining and quarrying, Architecture—planning in the Third World, Soil mechanicsfrom Holland, Repairing badly applied concrete, Systems building, Construction machinery hydraulics,Tower cranes, Mining news, Mining as a career, Ghana’s gold resources reviewed, Mining technology, Giant excavator.