Trade and the Flag 3 1 



accessible to vessels. In the Canary Islands England has the com- 

 mercial lead. 109 About 80 per cent of the exports go to England 

 and about 40 per cent of the imports are of English origin. Im- 

 ports of Spanish origin in 1865 formed 12.2 per cent of the total, 

 and in 1895 13.9 per cent. 



The trade statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina are included 

 in those of Austria-Hungary, the two provinces having been 

 placed in the Austro-Hungarian customs district, so that data for 

 these possessions are not readily available. Baron von Kallay has 

 pointed out that the imports of the occupied territory were, about 

 1895, with few and unimportant exceptions, from Austria-Hun- 

 gary. Miller 110 says that annual reports show the truth of this 

 statement. 



Of the Danish possessions the West Indies are usually con- 

 sidered the most important commercially. But the trade of these 

 islands with the mother country has for some years been falling 

 off until it is now a very small amount. From 60 per cent to 80 

 per cent of their trade is with the United States. Economic con- 

 ditions in Iceland have been improving until its trade with Den- 

 mark is of more importance than that either of Greenland or 

 the West Indies. 111 The total colonial trade with the mother 

 country is comparatively unimportant, however, as it forms only 

 from one to two per cent of Denmark's total trade. 



The Dutch East Indies are the most important of the posses- 

 sions of the Netherlands. Their trade during the last thirty years 

 has grown rapidly but the gains are not so great as in the case of 



109 Cf. Ruiz y Benitez de Lugo, Islas Canarias, 79; Brown, Madeira and 

 the Canary Islands, 267-268. 



110 Travels and Politics in the Near East, 112. 



111 Trade of the Danish Colonies for 1906. 



Imports from Denmark Exports to Denmark 



Colony. kroner. kroner. 



Iceland 5,322,000 4,762,000 



Greenland 1,027,000 432,000 



West Indies 3.000 25,000 



Total 6,352,000 5,2i9,ooc 



Statesman's Year-Book, 1908, p. 904. 



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