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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



November 9, 1912. 



FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. 



THE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 

 OF VANILLA IN DIFFERENT 



COUNTRIES. 



PRODUCTION OF V A. VILLA. Information regarding the 

 production of vanilla has been given in the Agricultural 

 News, Vols. IX, pp. 53, 295, 319; and XI, p. 261; other 

 references to the subject have also been made. In continu- 

 ation, the following statistics have been taken from an 

 article in L' Aqririiltiiri' Pratique cJes Pai/s Chamh for April 

 .1912. 



is calculated that the exports 

 colonies during 1910 were as 



given it 

 French 



From the figures 

 oi vanilla from the 

 follows: — 



1910. Pounds. 



Tahiti 564,782 



Reunion 142,868 



Madagascar 94,169 



Mayotte and dependencies 106,095 



Guadeloupe 19,996 



Martinique 2,554 



The Gaboon 693 



It should be added that figures are available which 

 show that the exports from Guadeloupe in 1911 were 

 39,178 ft.; and from the Gaboon, 1,111 ft. Thi latest 

 figure given for French Guiana is that of 18 ft. for 1909. 

 As is pointed out in the article, the matter should be com- 

 pleted by the inclusion of New Caledonia which produces 

 annually a fair amount of the spice, of which statistics 

 liardly make mention. 



The exports for 1910 from places other than the French 

 colonies were: — 



1910. Pounds. 



Seychelles 51,377 



Mauritius 1,874 



Ceylon 660 



The production of Mexico is given as an amount cor- 

 responding to 333,043 ft for 1909-10. The latest figure 

 .given for Java is that of 1909 — 7,700 ft. It may be 

 mentioned that the exports from Ceylon in 1909 were com- 

 paratively high, being 3,562 ft. 



The world's production is placed at an equivalent of 

 1,320,000 ft., of which about 880,000 ft. is stated to be 

 ^rown in the French colonies. 



CONSUMPTION OF VANILLA. Before the figures are given, 

 it is pointed out that the consumption year by year in the 

 different countries is much more regular than is shown by 

 the statistics. In order to give exactly the quantities of 

 vanilla consumed annually at the different centres, it would 

 be necessary (and this is not possible) to know the amount 

 of the local stocks at the end of the year. The following 

 figures are equivalent to those given for the different coun-. 

 tries, for 1909:— 



1909. 



Germany 



France 



Austria- Hungary 



Italy 



Belgium 



Sweden 



Norway 



United States 



Pounds. 



234,080 



125,239 



62,040 



24,823 



23,166 



2,158 



1,984 



,118,106 



Statistics do not give information as to the consumption 

 of vanilla in the United Kingdom; it is considered to be about 

 100,000 ft. yearly. Further, the estimate is made that the 

 amount of vanilla consumed by Russia is 33,000 to 44,000 ft. 

 The value of the vanilla used in Holland in 1909 corres- 

 ponds to about 12,000 ft. The best sources of information 

 permit it to be stated that the Swiss consumption of vaniUii 

 is about 13,000 ft. In 1910, France exported 5,588 ft. of 

 vanilla to Denmark, and this figure represents approximately 

 the consumption by that country. 



DEPARTMENT NEWS. 



The Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture is 

 expected to return to Barbados from Antigua on 

 November 9, or on November 14, 1912. 



Mr. H. A. Ballou, M.Sc, Entomologist to the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture, returned to the 

 Head Office from St. Vincent, by the S.S. 'Ocamo', on 

 November 2. 



