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“The following — ecd the details of export during, the. years 
1893-94 and 1894-95 tet 
Year, | Palm Oil. | Palm Nuts. P oed Ivory. Ebony. Cocoa, : 
| 
sew . . ONE | des | QNM NE e LN 
1894-95 + * = | 3,362,082 5,837,608 343,150 40,822 479,385 120,069 
Increase or decrease|— 238,057 - 122,791 |— 105,738 i+ 10,338 |— 27,656 |+ . 9,164 
“ The fall is attributed ced to the bad prices obtained in European 
markets for West African produce, and partly to six months of excep- 
tionally dry weather. y illustrating the first cause, iti is recorded that, 
V T 8, 1895, a ton of Cameroons oil realised in Liverpool only 
20L, as eompared with 237.0n the same day in 1894; similarly palm 
nuts realised at the same dates and market 97. 11s. 3d. and 117. 10s. 
* So keen is the competition between the several export firms, that in 
spite of the fall in prices, they do not dare to reduce the e purchase prices 
paid to the natives, Until the firms pull better together, the report 
sees no chance in redueing the purchase prices to which the natives are 
accustomed.” 
IIL—GzenMaAN SOUTH-WEST Arrica. 
The area of this Colony is 835,100 square vienen or «n vede the 
size of the Cameroons. ‘There are 780 Germans, of whom 
are in uniform, The British subjects are ne ; as numerous ee the 
German, with a sprinkling of Trek and ‘Thaiiava Boers, 
* Exports from Walfish Bay to Cape Town of Articles over the Value’ 
of 1000 marks (502.). 
Articles. Value. 
te — - = = d = à 695 
etie fathers - - - - - = 1,551 
Goat skins E - B - - - - 839 
* Narrah " kernels above mentioned are the sceds of the Nus 
plant (Acanthosicyos horri ida, Welw.), a cucurbit, yielding an edible 
fruit, covering large tracts in "Angola and Dammaraland. 
IV.---GERMAN East AFRICA, 
The area is nearly a million square kiloms., or 383,873 square English 
mi ‘This is undoubtedly the most valuable of any of t 
Colonies, but oe still in a ee bee nm gin state. The races to ; he 
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