442 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



Ocean. Some of the ivory goes to London and a certain 

 quantity is sent to the United States. The total value of 

 the ivory exports from Mombasa, the seaport of the Pro- 

 tectorate, for the six months ending June 30, 1909, was 

 $170,876, of which sum $68,178 represented the value of 

 the Congo ivory shipped by way of this port.* 



The strong competition of Mombasa has affected the 

 trade of Zanzibar so unfavourably that even apart from the 

 general demoralization due to the outbreak of war, this 

 trade showed a falling off in 1914, and figures for the entire 

 year, including the war period, are much lower than those 

 for 1913. This is true of the ivory imports and exports as 

 of those of other merchandise. Of course the imports of 

 ivory are only made to re-export the material, Zanzibar 

 being thus a mere port of transit. The value of these ivory 

 imports and exports for the two years are given as follows :t 









WEIGHTS OF 





IMPORTS 



EXPORTS 



EXPORTS 

 POUNDS 



1913 . . . 



$166,792 



$193,962 



68,729 



1914 . . . 



46,767 



59,157 



18,300 



1914 (Decrease) 



$119,925 



$134,805 



50,429 



IVORY TRADE OF ZANZIBAR 1910-1914 







IMPORTS 



EXPORTS 







VALUE 



WBUGHT, POUNDS 



VALUE 



1910 . . . 



$286,022 





$310,697 



1911 . . . 



323,796 



156,046 



402,512 



1912 . . . 



195,494 



82,655 



219,802 



1913 . . . 



166,792 



68,792 



193,962 



1914 . . . 



46,767 



18,300 



59,157 



Ivory merchants claim that the elephants living on oppo- 

 site sides of a lake in Africa, eleven miles long, although of 



*Daily Consular and Trade Reports, February 5, 1910, pp. 1, 5, 6. 



tConsul Perry C. Hays, "Zanzibar," in Suppl. to Commerce Reports No. 78a; July 

 16.1915. 



