56 



The shipments to European markets were distributed as follows: 



1906 1907 



Rotterdam 1543310 952006 



London 2650919 3298930 



Hamburg 3841300 5529050 



Marseilles 585760 418850 



Rotterdam 557320 295300 



London 915629 1112693 



Hamburg 1387202 1770961 



Marseilles 207338 125867 



1908 1909 1910 



Quantity (lbs.) 



560351 3007 720 1685900 



2283330 1592492 565829 



3296968 4498151 2177370 



894986 1041827 188467 



Value (Rupees) 



141704 712148 432425 



600 075 405447 215019 



886785 1111183 560317 



225757 250876 59251 



The percentage-proportion of the principal countries was as follows: — 



1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 



°/o °/o o/o % °/o 



India 33,3 36,3 46,0 32,32 55,5 



Germany 25,9 29,8 22,3 25,9 14,75 



Netherlands 10,9 4,9 3,6 13,7 11,4 



U. S. A 5,4 5,1 4,6 11,4 8,0 



United Kingdom 17,0 18,7 15,1 7,9 5,6 



France 3,8 2,1 5,7 4,7 1,5 



As on previous occasions, it is pointed out that the Customs Statistics 

 declare Germany to be the country of destination of all cloves shipped 

 in German bottoms, whereas the B/L is usually made out with option 

 Rotterdam/London. London being the world's market for cloves, the greater 

 part of the cloves shipped to Germany actually goes to London and not 

 to Hamburg. 



The following table gives a review of the clove-crops of the last 

 10 years (the crop season in each case being August — July). 





Island of 



Island of 











Zanzibar 



Pemba 



Total 



Average 



yearly price 



Pemba 



Frasilah 



Frasilah 



Frasilah 



Rupees 



Annas 



Pies 



1901/02 . . . 



. 43626 



321 599 



365225 



6 



6 



6 



1902/03 . . 



. 175420 



251 780 



427200 



6 



8 



6 



1903/04 . . 



. 28369 



96 792 



125161 



13 



4 



— 



1904/05 . . 



. 79860 



675683 



755543 



9 



5 



6 



1905/06 . . 



. 181 536 



109931 



291 467 



11 



14 



3 



1906/07 . . 



. 56833 



202633 



259466 



13 



— 



— 



1907/08 . . 



. 141 850 



299952 



441 802 



9 



9 



— 



1908/09 . . 



. . 165733 



449685 



615418 



8 



5 



— 



1909/10 . . 



. . 160000 



320000 



480000 



9 



12 



— 



1910/11 . . 



. . 52 002 



139301 



191 303 



10 



5 



— 



The above prices refer to Pemba-cloves only; the price of Zanzibar- 



