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corrugated iron, firearms, earthenware, chemicals, 

 brass and copper, bicycles, boots and shoes, beer, 

 papers, etc. 



The value of the colony is thus amply demon- 

 strated by the above table, showing, as it does, 

 what a large proportion of trade is done on an 

 average by it with the mother country. 



The exports throw even more light on the rapid 

 growth of the prosperity of Uganda. 



The annual increases, as can be seen, are most 

 satisfactory, and the large increase in the export of 

 cotton is the outstanding feature of the export trade ; 

 the intelligent native has taken up its cultivation 

 with a commendable enthusiasm under the direct 

 supervision of the officer of the Cotton Depart- 

 ment. It has now become an established staple 

 industry, and shows an extraordinary increase in 

 output. For instance, in the year 1904-05 the 

 export was valued at £2^^ only, and for 1909-10 

 it had increased to the sum of ^59,596, and during 

 the year 191 1 the value of cotton ginned amounted 

 to no less than ;/^ 120, 664. 



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