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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1914 



The copra destined to be exported to a foreign market for 

 oil making is spread out in warehouses and sorted according 

 to quality, dryness, color, etc. Each hemisphere is then chopped 

 into three or four pieces and resacked for shipment. The work 

 is largely done by women laborers, who receive approximately 

 20 centavos each per day. This handling and chopping causes 

 a loss in weight amounting to from 0.5 to 1 per cent, and a 

 further loss of from 3 to 5 per cent is generally allowed for 

 shrinkage during the voyage. 



Table III shows the various countries to which Ceylon copra 

 was exported during the past three years and the amount shipped 

 to each. See also Table XIV. 



Table III. — Export of Ceylon copra.'^ 



Destination. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



27.984 



18,312 



40.314 



8,164 



6,981 



12.094 



550 



3,950 



1,258 



735 



1,370 



2,105 



525 



301 



1.650 



375 



363 



75 



775 

 50 



100 

 50 







276 





209 





39.434 



31.427 



57, 705 



Germany 



Russia 



Denmark 



Austria 



Belgium 



United Kingdom 



France 



Holland 



Other countries . 



Total 



' Supplements of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Reports. 



A marked falling off of all coconut products from Ceylon in 

 1912 was caused by drought in the preceding years. This was 

 also the case in other neighboring countries. Thus the exports 



Table IV. — Copra imported into the United States.'' 



Year. 



Amount. 



Total 

 value. 



Value 

 per ton. 



1907 _ 



Tons. 



3,153 



6,303 



10,644 



9,511 



16,882 



28,831 



15,343 



Pesos. 

 604, 264 

 962, 464 

 1, 333, 640 

 1, 525, 120 

 3, 073, 436 

 5, 620, 342 

 3,063,640 



Pesos. 

 191.33 

 152. 70 

 125.29 

 160. 35 

 182.06 

 194.94 

 199. 67 



1908-- - 



1909- . _ 



1910 . 



1911 



1912 



1913 . - 





" Compiled from Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance of the United States. No. 

 12, Series of 1908-9, 1910-11, 1912-13. 



