Tlw African Trade in E(j(j.'< 



871 



THE AFRICAN TRADE IN EGGS. 



By J. Kirk Hunter. 



Whilst pursuing" my inquiries regarding- poultry, I also at tlie 

 same time gathered all the informal ion I could with respect to the 

 past, present and future of the Egg trade. 



I have secured a comparative statement of the imports for 

 ] 901-1902 into Cape Colony, Transvaal and Natal, the latter returns 

 being for nine months only. So far 1 have been unable to obtain 

 the statistics from Orange River Colony and Khodesia, but the figures 

 given will sutiice to show that the trade in eggs, like all other trades 

 iu Africa at present, is a rapidly increasing one, and the question for 

 determination by our dealers in that product is by what means they 

 can participate to a larger extent in the very substantial and growing- 

 business now being done. 



Quantity and \'alue of Eggs imported into Cape Colony during the years 1901, lyO'i. 



As previously explained with reference to another article, Cape 

 Colony is the only one from which I can obtain a detailed return, 

 showing the amounts imported from each country whence any 

 particular article is imported, but as all the colonies draw their 

 .supplies from the same sources, whatever is being done here, and 

 whatever variation is exposed liy a comparison of her imports for, say,. 



