28o THE liLACK WATTLE IXDUSTin'. 



No. of Average price 

 Year. Package.s. per ton. \'alue. 



£ s. d. £ 



1886 39 II 



1887 449 315 



1888 864 410 



1889 4,623 . 2.783 



1890 7,911 3.389 



1891 13.972 5.588 



1892 19,408 9.234 



1893 22,976 9,304 



1894 40,485 12,569 



1895 57.666 17.209 



Tons. 



1896 3.378 4 17 5 16,450 



1897 4,098 462 17,659 



1898 9,427 3 3 6 30,929 



1899 11.070 5 4 7 57.885 



1900 8,900 5 4 5 ^ 46,479 



(affected by war.) 

 T90T 13.771 5 I 6 69,850 



1902 15.537 4 ^5 " 74.554 



1903 •• 12,135 70.581 



(and 168,767 bags.) 



1904 14.125 6 12 6 93.578 



1905 15.636 580 84,434 



1906 14.756 6 09 89.056 



1907 23.839 5 14 9 136,873 



1908 24.587 587 133.510 



1909 35.292 5 9 4 192.950 



1910 41,048 5 I 6 218,309 



1911 49.407 5 17 10 288,365 



[912 52,776 4 15 o 250,686 



1913 65.052 4 15 o • .So8,997 



1914 58.479 4 '8 6 286.399 



191 5 40.050 4176 _ 195.244 



(aft'ected by war.) 



Approximately 535,047 tons, at 



Average £5 i 9 £2.723,609 



And from otber Provinces of South Africa a small value, 

 jxM-haps £30.000. 



These figures do not include shipments^ from one South 

 African port to another, but Capetown has. at various times, 

 purchased a good deal for local use, and other ports some. 



In 1905 I prepared a Government Bulletin, in which full 

 details of routine practice and experience up to that date was 

 embodied, and as that is still obtainable, I do not propose to-day 

 to re])eat any part of that, but simply to state further experience, 

 and l)ring the history of the industry u]) to date, indicating what 



