THE COMMERCE OF IVORY 459 



Exports and imports of manufactured ivory, etc., to and 

 from Germany: 



FROM 1885 TO 1896, inclusive* 





IMPORTS 



EXPORTS 





WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 



YEAB 



Kilograms 



Marks 



Kilograms 



Marks 



1885 . 



165,800 



3,316,000 



213,900 



4,278,000 



1886 . 



176,600 



3,532,000 



256,100 



5,122,000 



1887 . 



192,500 



3,850,000 



315,600 



6,312,000 



1888 . 



237,700 



4,754,000 



367,700 



7,354,000 



1889 . 



317,700 



6,354,000 



380,200 



7,604,000 



1890 . 



300,400 



9,012,000 



420,900 



8,418,000 



1891 . 



346,700 



10,401,000 



462,700 



9,254,000 



1892 . 



333,000 



9,990,000 



474,900 



9,498,000 



1893 . 



318,900 



9,567,000 



658,000 



13,160,000 



1894 . 



310,500 



9,315,000 



611,900 



12,238,000 



1895 . 



238,300 



7,149,000 



528,000 



10,560,000 



1896 . 



188,000 



4,474,000 



514,500 



15,075,000 



* Sombom, " Die Elfenbeinschnitzerei," Heidelberg, 1899, pp. 84-87. See also note as 

 follows: "Manufactures of Ivory are only given since 1885; moreover, these figures only 

 oflEer an approximation, as they include manufactures of tortoise-shell, mother-of-pearl, 

 etc." 



