21 



from Zanzibar from Pemba 



Quantities in frasilehs. 



1896/1897 8459 2 224362 



1897/1898 44941 150703 



1898/1899 i494 J 7 4 8l 5 6 5 



1899/1900 59741 206640 



1900/1901 37567 201 192 



1901/1902 43626 3 2I 599 



1902/1903 i754 2 o 251780 



1903/1904 28369 96792 



From August 1904 to the end of April 1905, the following quantities 



were shipped: — 



from Zanzibar from Pemba 



Quantities in frasilehs. 



1904. August 7238 J 3 094 



September 6143 71 219 



October 4466 104308 



November 5679 80794 



December 6436 95 689 



1905. January 9194 91024 



February 13655 5 IQ 52 



March 9951 5 1 433 



April 9746 3004 1 



This shows a total quantity of 661 162 frasileh for the period indicated. 

 Up to August 1905, some 90000 frasileh will probably still be placed on the 

 market. A crop of a total of about 750000 frasileh has not yet been recorded 

 since the date when statistics were first kept. 



The stocks of Zanzibar cloves are as follows: ■ — 



in Holland in London 



End of 1904 3640 bales 27984 bales 



„ „ 1905 6285 „ 3!39 » 



These figures also show that Holland no longer possesses its pre- 

 vious importance as a clove-market, but on the contrary has been 

 outstripped by London. 



The present value of good marketable Zanzibar cloves is about 

 115 marks per 100 kilos, duty not paid. In view of the important 

 part played by speculators in the determination of the value, any 

 expression of opinion on the future of this article appears problematic. 



We would still mention that the distillation of clove oil forms one 

 of our specialities, and that for important contracts we are able to 

 offer special advantages. The same applies to clove oil from stems. 



Clove stems were shipped from Zanzibar 



in 1902 1903 I 9°4 



Quantities in pounds, 

 to Europe 2158642 1738468 1 001 665 



Asia 177252 I9732I i45 8 45 



America — 678178 86755 



