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1913.

1915,

5,817

7,675

461

8,112

9,350 20,395

2,196

119,240

173,103

4,475

5,192

7,670

637

1,634

2,070

88

214

297

10,512

11,792

977 30,155

1,079

13,485 1,217

48,116

54,081

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1908.

1912.

Mexico⭑

Costa Rica*

Salvador

Brazil

Peru*

Ecuador

Java and Madeira

Borneo and Sumatra

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FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1912.

33,900

55,800

38,200 (1903) 29,000*

27,000

51,000

1,740,000 (1902)

1,600,000

3,650

736 (1009)

4,050 (1902)

40,900 (1908)

16,800 (1908)

7,300 (1910) 64,500 20,000

In the case of Coffee, though our Crown Colonies have increased their production enor mously, and this is particularly the case in Uganda and East Africa, their total production is still tiny compared with that of South and Central America and the Dutch East Indies.

Nevertheless, the future possibilities are immense if the necessary assistance is provided.

COTTON.

Production of Cotton in the Principal Producing Countries.

Where production figures are not available, domestic exports are given, and in such cases the countries are marked with an asterisk.

CROWN COLONIES.

Figures in thousands of lbs.

1901.

1913.

1915.

Belgian L'ango

Costa Rica ...

Brasil

Ecuador

Java and Madeirs...

1,350

1,860

179 45,500 (1902)

690

67,300

36,500 (1902)

5,030 (1908)

69,000 (1910)

4,480

In the matter of cocoa, the development of the production in the Crown Colonies has been perfectly amazing and whereas in 1901 the Crown Colonies only produced about one third of the world's supply, by 1913 they were producing well over half, while to-day it would appear that Nigeria and the Gold Coast which in 1901 were producing a negligible amount, are now responsible for more than the rest of the world put together.

Owing to the fact that figures for foreign countries are not yet available for such recent years as the figures for the Crown Colonies, it is not possible to make an exact comparison, but the above comments are near enough to indicate the position.

COFFEE.

Production of Coffee in the principal Producing Countries.

Where production figures are not available, exports of domestic produce are given and in such cases an asterisk is inserted following the name of the country.

BRITISH CROWN COLONIES.

Figures in thousands of lbs.

1901.

1913.

1915.

Papua

Northorn Rhodesia Nyasaland

***

Uganda

Nigeria

East Africa Protectorate

St. Vincent

Barbados

Grenada

Loeward Islands❤ Malta

...

Cyprus

...

Nil Negligible

Nil

281

235 126

Do.

2,401

3,065

Nil

34,033

34,968

Negligible

135

No Returns

6,361

106 2,697

26

485

Nil

4:43

378 8:05

252

401

369

No Returns

1,230

1,007

114 778

226

184

4,615

2,680

The above figures are not strictly comparable as between Colony and Colony, because some- times the figures relate to ginned and sometimes to unginned cotton. They indicate, however, the progress in each Colony.

There is also some cotton grown in the following other Crown Colonies:--Ceylon, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Bahamas, Turk's and Carus Islands, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, British Guiana.

India...

Australia South Africa

Egypt Budan

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OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

1901.

1913.

1915.

1,098,000

2,026,000

1,495,000

Nil

35

12

630,940

18

No Returns

42

116

759,090

5,141

472,940 9,535

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Ceylon

Nyaland

Uganda

1,089

21

12

470

+

192

106

111

East Africa Protectorate Jamaica

F

***

Negligible

1,372

4,841

Negligible

708

8,400

***

11,650

6,518

7,986

United States Brazil

British Guiana

+4

Negligible

89

172

Russia in Asia

Federated Malay States

6,832

1,693

1,219

Mexico

Peru

India

Australia

Natal

OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

16,574

130

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Estimated from the value.

29,109

19,749

182

36

3853

63

94

Persia

Figures in thousands of lbs.

1902.

5,413,500

152,500

213,000

61,500

19,000

32,500

1912.

7,156,500

155,000

249,000

65,500

36,500

53,000

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India and Egypt come second and third respectively as producers of raw cotton, the United States still retaining its outstanding pre-eminence.

The Crown Colonies are, as yet, producers on but a tiny scale relatively to these three countries, but the rate of increase and, in some instances, the high quality produced are auguries of a great position later on.

76790

• Estimated from the value.

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·GOLD PRODUCTION.

Production of Gold in Principal Producing Countries.

CROWN COLONIES.

Figures in thousands of ounces.

1901.