MAHOGANY PRODUCTS OF WEST AFRICA 65 
is transhipped to the London market, whose supply is 
further augmented by other transhipments from Con- 
tinental ports. Practically all the wood landed in 
Liverpool and in London likewise is sold by the brokers 
at public sales; and to show the extent of these auctions 
it may be mentioned that in Liverpool it frequently 
occurs that in two sales, generally held in the same 
week, considerably over 2,000,000 ft. of this African 
wood is disposed of. 
Coming from huge districts which practically stretch 
from the mouth of the River Gambia to the outlet 
of the River Congo, an approximate extent of coast- 
line measuring between 4,000 and 5,000 miles, it is 
not surprising that very great variety is found in the 
woods which are exported from the different districts, 
and which are marketed as mahogany. 
Statistics showing the growth of the import of African 
mahogany during the last twenty-four years— 
IMPORTATION OF West AFRICAN MAHOGANY LANDED IN 
LIVERPOOL DURING THE LAST TWENTY-FOUR YEARS 
Year Tons Year Tons 
1891 3,207 1903 53,450 
2 5,808 4 43,686 
3 10,290 5 42,654 
4 12,214 6 51,432 
5 9,159 7 61,503 
6 13,820 8 68,063 
7 14,877 9 36,194 
8 20,636 1910 46,823 
9 33,469 1 47,448 
1900 41,453 2 60,873 
1 30,377 3 83,062 
2 25,765 4 177,377 
The above figures relate to wood received at the Port 
of Liverpool only, and do not include the large amount 
that is transhipped to London via this and various 
Continental ports, neither do they include shipments 
