TOBACCO 



155 



to 46 million pounds, of which 3 million were from British 



countries. 



* Our chief foreign source of supply is America, and before 



the war we also bought a considerable amount from Turkey 



and the Netherlands, and smaller quantities from many other 



countries, including Germany and Portuguese East Africa. 1 



Of British countries Nyasaland and North Borneo send us 

 moot, though we also import from India, Cyprus, Egypt, 



FIELD OF TOBACCO, SOUTH AFRICA 



Rhodesia, Canada, the West Indies, and the Union of South 

 Africa. 2 



Foreign cigars we buy mainly from Cuba, the Netherlands, 

 and the Philippines ; British from India, the Channel Islands, 

 and the West Indies. 



British cigarettes come from Canada and Egypt, 3 foreign ones 

 from the United States. 



1 America 142 million pounds ; Turkey, 6 ; the Netherlands, 6 ; Ger- 

 many, 2; P E. Africa, 1. (1913.) 



2 This is the order for 1917. 



3 Much of the tobacco from which they are made is imported from 

 Greece. 



