THE COMMERCE OF IVORY 



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later figures are not available and of course this trade, as 

 far as Germany is concerned, has come to a standstill. 



Exports of ivory from the Congo from 1888 to 1909, with 

 the sources whence it was derived:* 



FROM THE CONGO STATE AND FRENCH CONGO 





CONGO 



STATE 



FRENCH 



CONGO 



YEAR 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 



WEIGHT 



VALUE 





Kilograms 



Francs 



Kilograms 



Francs 



1888. . 



54,812 



1,096,240 



18,658 



373,160 



1889 



113,532 



2,270,640 



3,601 



72,020 



1890 



180,605 



4,668,887 



6,305 



160,358 



1891 



141,775 



2,835,500 



16,661 



333,220 



1892 



186,521 



3,730,420 



4,815 



96,300 



1893 



185,933 



3,718,660 



3,142 



62,840 



1894 



252,083 



5,041,660 



7,238 



144,760 



1895 



292,232 



5,844,640 



24,381 



487,620 



1896 . 



191,316 



3,826,320 



50,738 



1,014,760 



1897 



245,824 



4,816,480 



53,908 



1,078,160 



1898 . 



215,963 



4,319,260 



84,402 



1,688,040 



1899 . 



291,731 



5,834,620 



78,800 



1,576,000 



1900 . 



262,665 



5,253,300 



118,434 



2,368,680 



1901 



249,307 





133,491 





1902 . 



4,986,140 



2,669,820 



1903 



166,948 



3,839,804 



132,406 





1904 



3,045,338 



1905 . 



211,338 



4,837,774 



152,986 



3,518,678 



1906 . 



178,207 



4,455,175 



131,424 



3,285,600 



1907 . 



203,583 



6,414,900 



143,355 



4,517,116 



1908 . 



228,757 



5,936,244 



138,345 



3,590,052 



1909 . 



243,823 



6,583,221 



135,237 



3,651,399 



Perhaps, in the interest of the ivory trade, the partial 

 check upon ivory exports in some parts of Africa and their 

 total cessation in others, is no unmixed evil, for this state of 

 things operates automatically to check the destruction of 

 the elephants even more effectively than do the special laws 

 and regulations enacted for this purpose in the elephant 

 regions of Africa. 



*From Bulletins officiels de I'Etat ladepeadant du Congo, Bruxelles, 1888-1908. 



