COMMERCE IN MAIZE GRAIN 

 517. Monthly Exports. — The following 



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table (LXXVII) chap. 

 shows in which months there is the largest movement in x "' 

 South African maize : — 



Table LXXVII. 

 MONTHLY MAIZE EXPORTS FROM DURBAN, 1907-8. 



518. Destination of Maize Exported. — The following table 

 of official figures on the maize export of 1908 was pre- 

 pared by the Natal Government Railways, and published by 

 the Press Agency, in various South African papers, e.g. the 

 Sunday Times, Johannesburg, 24 January, 1909. The total 

 amount exported through Durban for the year was 545,991 

 muids, valued at .£251,494, as compared with 428,663 muids 

 in 1907, valued at £171,169. The increase amounted to 

 117,328 muids, valued at £80,325. 



1 N.B. — The figures for 1907 include all other sorts of grain and meal ; in 

 order to indicate the relative proportion which the latter occupy, their figures for 

 1908 are given alongside the maize figures for that year. 



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