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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  GLEANINGS. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Editor 
  and 
  Proprietors 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  African 
  

   World 
  ' 
  for 
  the 
  following 
  particulars 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  Elephants 
  

   in 
  the 
  Congo 
  Free 
  State, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  block 
  illustrating 
  same. 
  

   These 
  appeared 
  in 
  their 
  special 
  " 
  Congo 
  " 
  issue 
  of 
  April 
  16th. 
  

  

  Congo 
  Ivory. 
  — 
  The 
  ivory 
  market 
  showed 
  in 
  1903 
  an 
  era 
  of 
  

   prosperity 
  without 
  precedent 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  this 
  article. 
  Not 
  only 
  

   is 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  transactions 
  of 
  356,350 
  kilos, 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  sold 
  in 
  1902 
  by 
  34,000 
  kilos., 
  and 
  surpasses 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  the 
  ten 
  

   former 
  years 
  by 
  86,000 
  kilos., 
  but 
  the 
  coustant 
  rise 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  

   article 
  has 
  benefited 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  continued 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  

   regularity, 
  and 
  reached 
  about 
  10 
  per 
  cent, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1903. 
  

  

  Elephant 
  tusks 
  of 
  ordinary 
  quality 
  yield 
  from 
  24 
  to 
  25 
  francs 
  the 
  

   kilo. 
  ; 
  the 
  dents 
  a 
  bangle 
  (tusks 
  for 
  bracelets, 
  i. 
  e. 
  tusks 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  

   rings 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   Africa), 
  from 
  23 
  to 
  25| 
  francs 
  ; 
  light 
  tusks, 
  19f 
  francs 
  ; 
  small 
  tusks, 
  

   16 
  francs 
  ; 
  dents 
  a 
  lilies 
  tusks 
  for 
  billiard-balls, 
  i. 
  e. 
  tusks 
  very 
  round 
  

   and 
  full, 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  centimetres 
  diameter), 
  30 
  francs 
  ; 
  solid 
  (scriv 
  allies), 
  

   13J 
  to 
  15 
  francs 
  ; 
  unsubstantial, 
  about 
  13 
  francs. 
  Soft 
  ivory 
  has 
  been 
  

   less 
  abundant 
  — 
  18,600 
  kilos., 
  against 
  22,700 
  kilos, 
  sold 
  last 
  year 
  — 
  and 
  

   generally 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  imperfect 
  quality. 
  The 
  average 
  realized 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   affected, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  list. 
  

  

  The 
  ordinary 
  qualities 
  yield 
  29 
  to 
  32 
  francs 
  ; 
  dents 
  a 
  Miles, 
  35 
  francs. 
  

   The 
  importation 
  has, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  list 
  of 
  MM. 
  H. 
  and 
  

   G. 
  "Willaert, 
  brokers, 
  Antwerp, 
  risen 
  to 
  about 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  354,500 
  kilos, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  the 
  sales 
  to 
  350,350 
  kilos. 
  

  

  gainst 
  70,000 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  

  

  322,300 
  

  

  »> 
  

  

  in 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  27,000 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  ?) 
  

  

  >J 
  

  

  312,000 
  

  

  >» 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1901 
  

  

  333,000 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  !> 
  

  

  

  336,000 
  

  

  >) 
  

  

  ?> 
  

  

  1900 
  

  

  328,000 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  >> 
  

  

  292,500 
  

  

  5> 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1899 
  

  

  231,900 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  J) 
  

  

  205,300 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  265,000 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  J) 
  

  

  ) 
  ) 
  

  

  281,000 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  1897 
  

  

  200,000 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  5) 
  

  

  >> 
  

  

  265,700 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  >) 
  

  

  1896 
  

  

  30-2,000 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  )» 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  274,500 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  >) 
  

  

  1895 
  

  

  204,000 
  

  

  j> 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  180,000 
  

  

  ;» 
  

  

  !) 
  

  

  1894 
  

  

  224,000 
  

  

  !> 
  

  

  !> 
  

  

  >) 
  

  

  224.000 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1893 
  

  

  118,000 
  

  

  !) 
  

  

  J) 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  118,000 
  

  

  J) 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  1892 
  

  

  59,500 
  

  

  !) 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  ,, 
  

  

  59,500 
  

  

  !! 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1891 
  

  

  77,500 
  

  

  !) 
  

  

  >> 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  77,500 
  

  

  J 
  J 
  

  

  )? 
  

  

  1890 
  

  

  46,600 
  

  

  J) 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  ) 
  J 
  

  

  46,600 
  

  

  J 
  J 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1889 
  

  

  6,400 
  

  

  >> 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  »1 
  

  

  6,400 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  )) 
  

  

  1888 
  

  

  The 
  stock 
  amounts 
  to 
  188,000 
  kilos. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  