448 



IVORY AND 



THE elep: 



HANT 









AVERAGE VALUE 



YEAR 



WEIGHT IN POUNDS 



VALUE 



PER POUND 



1884 



220,880 



$ 727,733.00 



$3.30 



1885 



156,622 



498,816.00 



3.19 



1886 



135,920 



515,464.00 



3.79 



1887 



177,055 



486,368.00 



2.75 



1888 



210,224 



685,763.00 



3.26 



1889 



170,414 



591,471.00 



3.47 



1890 



225,858 



848,105.00 



3.76 



1891 



243,035 



886,282.00 



3.65 



1892 



270,422 



893,139.00 



3.30 



1893 



299,469 



1,083,539.00 



3.62 



1894 



123,843 



374,685.00 



3.03 



1895 



259,360 



769,716.00 



2.99 



1896 



179,119 



538,947.00 



3.01 



1897 



173,479| 



452,461.00 



2.61 



1898 



250,784 



523,156.00 



2.09 



1899 



322,518 



691,724.00 



2.28 



1900 



353,423 



805,486.00 



2.28 



1901 



424,295 



842,233.00 



1.99 



1902 



458,100 



986,347.10 



2.15 



1903 



537,556 



1,200,502.00 



2.23 



1904 



495,180. 



1,075,592.00 



2.17 



1905 



627,819 



1,642,958.00 



2.62 



1906 



597,490 



1,479,109.00 



2.48 



1907 



646,990 



2,005,474.00 



3.10 



1908 



371,306 



1,148,632.00 



3.09 



1909 



766,725f 



2,077,500.00 



2.71 



1910 



592,446 



1,597,287.00 



2.70 



1911 



534,300 



1,343,555.00 



2.51 



Totals 



9,824,633i 



26,772.044.10 



$2.72 



As will be seen, the highest average value was in 1886 

 and the lowest in 1901, while that of the years 1909 and 

 1910 almost exactly agrees with the average for twenty- 

 eight years. 



