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1908 



1905 



1908 



1908 



1908 



1908 



1908-09 



1906 



1906 



1904 



Countries. 



United Kingdom 



France 81 



Germany 



Netherlands . . . . 



Portugal 



Belgium 



United States. . . 



Denmark 



Japan 



Turkey 82 



Imports. 



Per Cent, 

 from Pos- 

 sessions. 



21.8 



3-3 



•3 



14-3 



2.9 



1.6 

 6.8 

 1.1 

 4-3 



7-5 



Per Cent. 



from Foreign 

 Countries. 



Exports. 



Per Cent, 

 to Pos- 

 sessions. 



33 3 



4.8 



•9 



4.1 

 15-8 

 .6 

 3-2 

 1.1 

 3-6 

 1-7 



Per Cent. 

 to Foreign 

 Countries. 



66.7 

 95-2 



The trade of the German colonies shows a considerable growth 

 even in a decade. 83 The total trade of the colonies (exclusive 

 of Kiauchau) averaged from 1892-1896 a little more than 27 

 million marks ; in 1905 it was over 97 million marks or almost 

 four times larger in 1905 than in the earlier period. The special 

 trade of the mother country during the same time did not quite 

 double. In 1908 the trade of the German colonies reached 138 

 million marks. The trade of Kiauchau during the period of Ger- 

 man occupation has also been quite satisfactory. It has grown 

 from 19 million marks in 1901 to 116 million marks in i9o8, s4 

 or almost as much as the trade of all the other German posses- 

 sions together. 



The proportion of the trade of the German colonies which is 

 with the mother country varies greatly in the different posses- 

 sions. In 1902 the proportion of imports from Germany ranged 

 from 9 per cent (West Caroline Islands) to 84 per cent (South 

 West Africa) ; the proportion of exports to Germany showed 



81 Exclusive of Algeria and Tunis. 

 "Including Bulgarian trade. 



83 Trade of the German Colonies (Exclusive of Kiauchau). 



Year Imports Exports Total Trade 



Average. marks. marks. marks. 



1892-1896 15,200,000 1 1,833,000 27,034,000 



IOX»5 69,234,000 27,837,000 97,068,000 



I908 91,857,000 46,450,000 138,307,000 



84 Statistisches Jahrbuch fur das dciitschc Reich. 



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