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CHAP. 

 XII. 



(4) Storage under covered sheds. 



(5) No other port offers the same facilities for quick 

 shipment. It is the starting-point for all the regular liners ; 

 a direct service to London is given by two steamship com- 

 panies. 



(6) The more expeditious the shipment, the less risk of 

 grain getting out of condition before shipment. 



(7) Durban is the largest market for the export trade. 



(8) It is also the largest local market, possessing an in- 

 creasing number of mills and factories, and grain which is 

 not exported has a better chance for local disposal, at better 

 prices. 



Table LXXX, obtained from official documents, shows the 

 relative quantities exported through the several ports in 1 91 2. 

 The figures in this table must be approximate only, as the total 

 does not quite agree with the export total given in the Annual 

 Statement of the Trade and Shipping of the Union of South 

 Africa, for 191 2. 



Table LXXX. 



AMOUNTS OF MAIZE EXPORTED THROUGH THE SEVERAL 

 PORTS, 1912. 



Lourenco Marques, though the nearest port to the Central 

 Transvaal, has taken very little maize for export. East Lon- 

 don and Port Elizabeth have taken some of the crop, and have 

 been found useful outlets when Durban was congested. Cape 

 Town, being farthest removed from the producing centres, 



