 Nevertheless , his wealth continued to grow . In 1922 , his salary was 6 @,@ 000 francs per year , and in 1938 , it had risen to 24 @,@ 000 francs per year . Atangana also received 2 % of all taxes collected by lower chiefs , pay for his legal role , and stipends for organising road construction . Oral informants have reported that as early as 1924 , he owned enormous plantations with as much as 1 km ² of cocoa , 1 @.@ 1 km ² of palms , 5 km ² of food crops , and 500 head of livestock . The amounts may be exaggerated , but Atangana was by all accounts a wealthy man . He owned two lorries and a car by 1926 , which he used to haul produce from his plantations . By the 1930s , important chiefs such as Atangana could earn more than 400 @,@ 000 francs per year on tax collecting alone . 
