MINERALS OF THE PACIFIC LITTORAL. 4:11 



China sent, in 1905, 4,462 long tons of metallic tin to Hong 

 Kong, the product of the Ko Chiu mines in Yiinnan. 



Australia (including Tasmania) is the greatest producer of tin 

 on the western side of the Pacific. 



Tasmania, according to the Report of the Depai^tment of Mines, 

 produced tin ore— 1906; 4,473 long tons, valued at £557,266. 1907 t 

 4,323 long tons, valued at £501,681. 



Queensland produced tin ore — 1906 : 4,823 long tons, valued at 

 £480,283. 1907 : 5,140 long tons, valued at £496,766. 



Neiv South Wales produced ingots and ore — 1906: 1,671* long 

 tons, valued at £255,744. 1907 : 1,914 long tons, valued at £293,305. 



South Australia (Northern Territoiy) is credited with a produc- 

 tion of tin ore of the value of £36,907, but the weight is not stated. 



Western Australia produced, in 1907, 1,624 long tons of tin ore, 

 valued at £158,648. 



Victoria produced 108 tons of tin ore in 1906. 



The exports of tin ingots from Australia is given in Common- 

 wealth Statistics, without distinction of States, as follows: — 



1906. 1907. 



Long Tons. Long Tons. 



To United Kingdom 5,086 ... 5,629 



Canada ... ... ... 122 



New Zealand 118 



Belgium 490 



France 

 Germany 



U.S.A. ' 



Canada 



New Zealand ... 



Belgium 



Italy 



On the same authority, the export of ore is given as follows : — 



1906. 1907. 



Long Tons. Long Tons. 



To United Kingdom 571 ... 708 



Straits 918 ... 1,685 



G-ennany 1,110 ... 856 



On the eastern shore of the Pacific, Alaska has deposits of stream 

 and lode tin, but has not yet become a producer on any scale. The 

 total output of the United States for 1906 was 1^ ton (short) from 

 Dakota. 



British Columbia possesses deposits of both stream and lode tin, 

 bat does not rank as a producer of importance. 



Bolivia comes next to the Malay States as a producer of tin. The 

 Chlorolque mine, Potosi, is 18,000 ft. above the sea, and has both 

 stream and lode tin associated with silver, copper, zinc, and lead. The 

 whole tin mines of the country produced and exported from Anto- 

 fagasta and Mollendo, tin ingots and ore (the ore reduced to estimated 

 metallic contents) : — 



Metallic tin,' 1905, 26,424 metric tons; 1906, 29,374 metric tons. 



Bolivia sent 16,394 tons to England in 1906 and 15,500 in ld07. 

 The bulk of the [)roduct goes to England and Germany for reduction. 

 * Briti.sh Statistics give "Ingots, 1,180, and ore, .518 metric tons." 



