462 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



The following are official figures of German exports and 

 imports of ivory for the years 1911, 1912, and 1913.* 







IMPORTS 













1911 





1912 





1913 



SOURCE 



WEIGH! 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT VALUE 





Tons 



Marks 



Tons 



Marks 



Tons 



Marks 



Belgium 

 Belgian Congo 



. 28 



667,000 











. 39 



929,000 



74 



1,838,000 



48 



1,341,000 



Great Britain 



. 126 



3,021,000 



102 



2,550,000 



83 



2,021,000 



British India 



. 70 



1,687,000 



74 



1,845,000 



67 



1,870,000 



Other sources . 



. 48 



1,183,000 



65 



1,630,000 



101 



3,431,000 



Totals . . 



. 311 



7,457,000 



315 



7,863,000 



309 



8,663,000 







EXPORTS 









1911 





1912 





1913 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE WEIGHT 



VALUE 



Tons 



Marks 



Tons 



Marks Tons 



Marks 



108 1,849,000 



157 



2,230,000 126 



2,446,000 



The ivory trade of German East Africa is carried on both 

 through the seaports and across the land frontier, the 

 respective exports being as follows from 1909 to 1913 in- 

 clusive : 





CUSTOM-HOUSES OF 



CUSTOM-l 



lOUSES OF 









COAST 



FRONTIER 



INLAND 



FRONTIER 



TOTALS 





WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 





Kilograms 



Marks 



Kilograms 



Marks 



Kilograms 



Marks 



1909 



37,910 



960,085 



3,224 



66,309 



41,134 



1,026,394 



1910 



34,124 



703,408 



2,121 



39,686 



36,245 



743,094 



1911 



23,566 



444,611 



2,227 



40,799 



25,793 



485,410 



1912 



14,575 



305,739 



2,384 



55,57Q 



16,959 



361,315 



1913 



8,918 



186,337 



1,909 



44,183 



10,827 



230,520 



Totals 119,093 



2,600,180 



11,865 



246,553 



130,958 



2,846,733 



The rapid and progressive falling off in these exports is 

 very noteworthy. Owing to the interruption of intercourse 

 with Germany resulting from England's control of the seas, 



♦From the "Deutsches Kolonialblatt," 1910-1914. 



