S°4 



MAIZE 



CHAP. 

 XII. 



For feeding draught animals, however, on the Witwaters- 

 rand, in Kimberley, and elsewhere, there is a demand {ox yellow 

 maize, based on the idea that white is injurious to stock, espe- 

 cially to horses and mules. And in these markets yellows 

 generally command 6d. to is: per muid more than whites. 



That this demand is by no means small or to be despised 

 is shown by the amount consumed by the De Beers Con- 

 solidated Mines, Ltd., alone (IT 473). This class of trade will 

 not buy white maize. 



The municipality of Johannesburg and the firms of cartage 

 contractors on the Rand are large buyers of yellows ; in 

 November, 1908, the municipality referred to was reported to 

 have purchased 4,000 muids of yellows at 16s. gd. [Transvaal 

 Leader, 21 November, 1908). 



478. Comparative Local Prices of ALaize Classes. — The 

 comparative figures in Table LXVI have been taken at random 

 from the pages of the various South African Agricultural 

 Journals. 



Table LXVII. 



NATAL PRODUCTION, IMPORT AND RE-EXPORT OF MAIZE AND 



MAIZE PRODUCTS, 1904-6. ' 



Maize produced in Natal 



Imports : — 

 By Sea . 

 Overland 



Exports (not S.A.P. 2 ): — 

 By Sea . 

 Cape Colony . 

 Orange River Colony 

 Transvaal 

 Southern Rhodesia 

 Basutoland 



Exports (S.A.P.-) :— 

 By Sea . 

 Cape Colony . 

 Orange River Colony 

 Transvaal 

 Southern Rhodesia 



43,638,365 



190,000 



43,828,365 



524,627 

 884,626 



1,409,253 



1.299,853 

 2,530,510 



3,830,363 



48 



152,120 



30,221,123 



1,203,128 



ns 



48,714,251 129,262,889 73,628,915 



1 From N.A.J., Vol. X, No. 9, Sept., T907. 

 3 S.A.P. = South African Produce. 



