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in ivory exports for 1910 and 1911 from the higher figures 

 for 1909. By some it has been stated that this results from a 

 decrease in the number of "large tuskers," but others believe 

 that the diminished supply is rather due to the enforcement 

 of a new game law for the protection of elephants toward the 

 end of 1911. The chief port for ivory exports here is now 

 Dar-es-Salaam, Bagawayo having lost its earlier primacy in 

 this respect. As an intermediate centre for ivory Zanzibar 

 has not maintained its rank, the volume of trade in ivory here 

 having fallen from £45,000 in 1909 to but £28,900 in 1910. 



The following figures present the statistics of ivory ex- 

 ports from German East Africa for the years 1906-1911, 

 the weight being given in avoirdupois pounds and the value 

 in pounds sterling:* 



WEIGHT „.,„„ 



^^T^T. VALUE 



POUNDS 



1906 48,053 £ 24,290 



1907 42,672 21,669 



1908 56,647 33,169 



1909 62,471 30,291 



1910 114,540 51,310 



1911 79,905 37,154 



56,863 24,270 



461,151 £ 222,153 



Indicating an average export value per pound of about 

 $2.34 of our money. 



Aden, long so important as an ivory market, has lately 

 lost much of its trade in this material. The rapid decrease 

 in ivory imports is shown in the following figures : 



1909-1910 177,225 pounds 



1910-1911 127,760 " 



1911-1912 54,942 " 



1912-1913 25,630 " 



*DIplomatic and Consular Reports (British), No. 5171 Annual Series. Germany, 

 Report for the years 1909-1912 on the Trade, Commerce, and General Economics Position 

 of German East Africa, London, 1913, pp. 2G, 27. 



