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Saps and Exudations. 



Rubber Exports prom the French 

 Colonies in Africa. 



1909. 1910. 

 Kilos. Kilos. 



Senegal- 

 fa) Guinea ... 69,502 36,733 

 (6) Niger-Soudan ... 595,045 320,408 



(c) Casamanea ... 352,628 352,407 



(d) Others ... 7,171 9,923 

 Upper Senegal and Niger 241,289 865.480 

 French Guinea ... 1,808,430 1,712,508 

 Ivory Coast ... 1,241,877 1,401,260 

 Dahomey, etc. ... 699 913 

 Gabon ... 289,079 514,841 

 Central Congo and 



Oubanghi ... 1,447,217 1,344,234 



Madagascar ... 701,570 1,125,441 



Total Kilos ... 6,754,507 7,457,157 



Total English tons 

 (of 2,240 lb.) ... 6,647 7,340 



It will be noticed that considerable 

 increases have taken place in the exports 

 from Madagascar, of which 17 per cent, 

 come to the United Kingdom, and in 

 those from the Upper Senegal and Niger. 

 Part of the French Congo, an import- 

 ant rubber-producing Colony, has been 

 ceded to Germany by the resent Treaty. 



The Congo State, 



The Congo State shipped in 1909 5,217 

 English tons of rubber ; the export fell 

 in 1910 to 5,000 English tons, the value 

 being £2,406,837. A further drop appears 

 to be expected, but the length at which 

 we have recently dealt with rubber 

 production in this State (India Rubber 

 Journal, November 25th and December 

 2nd) renders unnecessary any further 

 reference at the moment. 



The Portuguese Possessions. 



The Portuguese Consul in London has 

 kindly obtained for us figures of the 

 exports of rubber from the Portuguese 

 Possessions in East and West Africa. 

 These are as follows :— 



1909. 1910. 

 Kilos. Kilos. 

 From Mozambique ... 315,495 290,416 

 „ Angola ... 2,896,806 3,270,006 



As will be seen, the exports from 

 Angola (Portuguese West Africa), which 

 is the principal producing region, largely 

 increased during the past year. The 

 value of ' the shipments in 1910 was : 

 From Mozambique, 208,866 milreis ; from 

 Angola, 6,257,568 milreis. This converted 

 into English currency at par, i.e., 4*5 

 milreis equal £1, would be £46,414 and 

 1,390,510 respectively. 



The British Colonies. 



Our next table gives the exports from 

 'the British Colonies in Africa, and it is 

 gratifying to our national pride that 

 while small compared with the exports 

 from the French Colonies and the Congo 

 State, these show as a whole the largest 

 percentage increase in the year. Prac- 

 tically the whole of the output is from 

 our possessions on the West Coast, but 

 with the growth of plantations those 

 of the East Coast are rapidly increasing 

 their shipments. The figures for Somali- 

 land and the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan 

 are the sole items missing ; but these 

 must be small. 



1909. 1910. 

 lb. lb. 

 Gold Coast ... 2,764,190 3,223,265 

 S. Nigeria ... 1,388,009 2,634,023 



Gambia ... 15,548 7,148 



Sierra Leone ... 92,016* 57,641* 

 Nyassaland ... 27,144 59,471 

 Uganda ... 47,738* 105,909* 



British East Africa 81,424* 177,234* 

 Union of South Africa 250 3,625 

 S. Rhodesia ... 4,689 2,004 

 N.W.Rhodesia ... 2,588 42,027t 



Total lb. 



.. 4,423,596 6,312,347 



Total Kilos 

 Total English tons 

 50 



3,212,301 3,560,422 

 3,161 3,504 



Total English tons... 1,954 2,818 

 The above figures are, however, by 

 no means a record, and were largely 

 exceeded (for instance) in the nineties. 

 In 1895, for example, Nigeria exported 

 5,377,886 lb., the Gold Coast 4,022,385 lb., 

 Sierra Leone, 1,429,680 lb., and British 

 East Africa 104,850 lb. Even so recently 

 as 1906 they were largely exceeded. 



The value of the exports in 1910 is 

 placed at about £730,000. 



* Twelve months ending 30th March of year 

 stated. 



1 39,710 lb. equal imported rubber re-exported 

 via Livingstone and Beira. 



