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BULLETIN" 987, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 35. — -Net imports or net exports of leading farm products, for the Dutch East 



Indies — Continued. 





Net exports. 



Meat, 



net 



imports. 



Net exports. 



Year. 



Cotton, 

 unmanu- 

 factured. 3 



Hides 

 and 

 skins. 



Oil cake 

 and oil- 

 cake 

 meal. 



Potatoes. 



Sugar. 



Tobacco. 



1911 



1,000 



bales. 



12 



21 



19 



5 



8 



. 15 



5 



10 



9 



1,000 lbs. 

 16,806 

 17,009 

 15, 885 

 11, 490 

 15, 440 

 20, 479 

 16, 826 

 9,138 

 31,830 



1,000 lbs. 

 910 

 963 

 1,619 

 1,468 

 4,160 

 4,214 

 3,171 

 2,658 

 1,251 



1,000 lbs. 



4,124 



8,373 



9,608 



8,200 



17,984 



25, 160 



2,844 



6 1,601 



119,065 



1,000 bush. 



1,000 lbs. 

 2,916,371 

 2,935,656 

 2,816,821 

 2,907,349 

 2,654,214 

 3,187,231 

 2,605,759 

 3,389,834 

 4, 109, 319 



1,000 lbs. 

 154, 427 



1912 





177,165 



1913 





183, 867 



1914 





138,288 





152 

 169 

 195 

 163 



177 



175 447 



1916 



199, 575 



1917 



22,246 

 13,502 



1918 



1919 



297, 208 







Note.— The figures in this table are the differences between imports and exports. The year covered is 

 the calendar year. 



3 Bales of 478 pounds, net weight; equivalent to 500 pounds, gross weight. 6 Net imports. 



Table 36. — Crops of the Dutch West Indies (Surinam). 



[Source: Jaarcijfers voor het KonLnkrijk der Nederlanden, Kolonien; issued by Bewerkt door het 

 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. These statistics are available as early as 1880.] 





Sugar 

 cane 

 area. 



Production. 



Year. 



Sugar. 



Molasses. 



Rum. 



Bananas. 



Cacao. 



Coffee. 



Corn. 



Rice 

 (hulled). 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1,000 

 acres. 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 7 



1,000 tons. 

 16 

 11 

 15 

 17 

 16 

 14 

 16 



1,000 gals. 

 37 

 52 

 21 

 12 

 30 

 115 

 174 



1,000 gals. 

 277 

 262 

 360 

 429 

 447 

 386 

 221 



1,000 

 bunches. 

 460 

 257 

 342 

 344 

 447 

 520 

 563 



Tons. 

 1,966 

 952 

 1,629 

 1,606 

 1,614 

 2,062 

 2,190 



1,000 lbs. 



593 



434 



703 



1,060 



1,344 



1,685 



3,408 



1,000 bush. 

 44 

 51 

 42 

 35 

 74 

 89 

 63 



1,000 lbs. 

 4,838 

 5,863 

 4,918 

 6,913 

 11, 641 

 16, 471 

 11,769 



Table 37. — Crops of Egypt. 



[Source: Monthly Agricultural Statistics. Egyptian Ministry of Finance.] 





Barley. 



Corn. 



Rice (rough). 



Crop year. 



Area. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13... 

 1913-14.... 

 1914-15... 

 1915-16... 



1916-17 



1917-18 . 



1,000 

 acres. 

 384 

 378 

 383 

 398 

 463 

 439 

 497 

 336 

 357 

 340 



Bush. 

 31.3 

 30.8 

 31.7 

 28.4 

 30.3 

 30.6 

 27.9 

 29.9 

 28.8 



1,000 bush. 

 12, 015 

 11,631 

 12, 147 

 11, 294 

 14, 013 

 13, 417 

 13, 863 

 10,063 

 10, 283 



1,000 

 acres. 

 1,672 

 1,692 

 1,751 

 1,889 

 1,844 

 1,740 

 1,685 

 1,812 

 1,792 



Bush. 

 36.8 

 38.6 

 34.3 

 38.7 

 40.1 

 37.6 

 38.7 

 36.8 



IflOObush. 

 61, 55S 

 65.294 

 60, 018 

 73, 192 

 73, 956 



65, 485 

 65, 198 



66, 756 



1,000 

 acres. 

 225 

 240 

 233 

 44 

 332 

 154 

 273 

 285 

 150 



Bush. 

 53.3 

 64.3 

 71.1 

 49.5 

 59.8 

 54.0 

 64.2 



1,000 bush. 

 12,002 

 15,463 

 16,571 



2,187 

 19,826 



8,294 

 17,538 



1918-19... 







1919-20 





























