452 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



The following figures give the value of imported manu- 

 factures of ivory, both animal and vegetable, "except as 

 elsewhere specified." This necessarily excludes many ob- 

 jects in which ivory has been used for decoration, but where 

 it does not constitute a component of greatest value: 



TEAR 



VALUE 



1891 



$61,246.70 



1892 



69,214.52 



1893 



66,804.66 



1894 



45,177.00 



1895 



31,897.97 



1896 



44,559.28 



1897 



35,187.02 



1898 



34,120.94 



1899 



48,699.13 



1900 



53,005.51 



1901 



54,995.73 



1902 



72,804.09 



1903 



80,508.83 



1904 



76,277.13 



1905 



72,316.40 



1906 



81,905.74 



1907 



68,611.74 



1908 



63,095.20 



1909 



54,806.29 



1910 



49,456.22 



1911 



51,670.45 



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. . $1,216,360.55 



Total 



The corresponding figures for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1913, were $34,943.27, and for the year ending June 30, 

 1914, $51,697.69. To this should be added, for dice, 

 dominoes, draughts, chessmen, and for billiard, pool, and 

 bagatelle balls of ivory, bone, or other materials, $61,108 

 in 1913, and $67,789 in 1914. 



The duties on unmanufactured ivory have varied less in 



