164 THE BANANA 



For Genoa Lloyd Sabaude, Ligure Brasiliana, La 

 Veloce. 



For Trieste Unione Austriaca de Nav. 



Development in Europe. The total number of bunches 

 exported for the year ended September'30, 1912, from the 

 Canary Islands to all parts was nearly 2f millions, of 

 which nearly 1 J millions went to England, while the rest was 

 divided up between Germany, France, Italy, and a fair 

 proportion went to Egypt during the winter months. 

 Germany takes a large proportion. France is taking at 

 present 2500 bunches of West Indian bananas weekly, via 

 Liverpool and Dunkirk, and this trade only commenced 

 at the end of the year 1911. The rest of the bananas sold 

 in France all come from the Canary Islands. The con- 

 sumption of bananas on the continent of Europe is in- 

 creasing fast, although most of the countries protect their 

 native fruits by means of an import duty. For instance, 

 in 1877 only 5000 bunches of bananas were imported into 

 France ; this rose in 1901 to 50,000 bunches, and in 1904 

 to 250,000 bunches. The bananas sold in the South of 

 France and in Algeria under the name of Dahomey bananas, 

 as a rule all come from the Canaries. 



The export trade from England to the Continent is being 

 rapidly developed ; the total shipments from England to 

 the Continent for the year ended September 30, 1912, were 

 1,023,641 bunches. One thousand bunches are sent every 

 week to St. Petersburg, although the import duty into 

 Russia is 11 185. a ton ; 1200 bunches a week go to 

 Sweden, duty 5 10s. a ton ; 2000 to Norway, duty l 2s. 

 a ton ; 1000 to Copenhagen, duty 11 s. a ton ; 8000 to 

 9000 to Germany, some being from the Canary Islands, 

 duty nil ; 3000 to 4000 to Holland, duty 5 per cent, on 

 invoice value, plus 5s. duty on vans ; 2500 West Indian 

 bananas to France, via Liverpool and Dunkirk, duty 

 2 135. 4d. a ton plus octroi duties, besides some from the 

 Canary Islands. 



The increase in the importation of bananas into Hamburg 

 is given in the table on p. 165 (from " Les Bananiers," by 



