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India

South Africa

414

1913.

1915.

53

OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

1901.

1913.

1915.

***

463 Nil

2,606 137

5,274

13

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1901.

1-25

Belgian Congo*

Costa Rico

Salvador

Brazil

Bolivia

10,050 (1908)

1912. 7,740

Mexico (Caoutchouc)

418

12,400

66 (1903)

174

41

60

63,200 (1902)

93,300

4,000 (1908)

Ecuador

French Indo-China (Caoutchouc)

Siam

Java and Madeira

Borneo and Sumatra

590 (1902)

467 (1907)

9,000 1,680

540 (1911)

Nil

91 (1908)

229

2,430 7,280

Papus

22

18

15

Swaziland

Nil

11

6

Bechuanaland

Nil

4

G

Rhodesia

172

690

916

Gold Coast ...

6

388

405

British Guiana

101

83

53

OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

United Kingdom

6

0.15

India

532

596

617

Australia

3,297

2,207

1,947

New Zealand

413

344

423

South Africa

Egypt Budan

Canada

2,971 (1903)

8,799

9,096

No Returns

6

7

12

16

***

1,167

803

916

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1901.

1912.

Russia

1,105

1,072

Austria-Hungary

United States

Japan

Netherlands East Indies

Korea

China

Mexico

Central America

Columbia

French Guiana

Brazil

Other Countries

103

99

3,805

4,521

68

216

24

164

145

138

440

177

498

1,185

31

147

136

144

97

148

134

173

141

223

222

6,620 (1908)

In 1901 the Crown Colonies produced about 4 per cent. of the world's supply of rubber, while by 1913 they were producing about two-fifths of the total. In 1915 the production of the Crown Colonies was practically double what it was in 1913, so to-day it is probable that the Crown Colonies are producing over two-thirds of the world's supply.

There has probably never been such rapid relative and absolute progress in the production of any raw material. It is the direct result of the flow of capital to the right quarters.

As in the case of many other products, accurate information is not available to make an exact comparison between the relative progress of our Crown Colonies and that of Foreign Countries.

SUGAR.

Production of Sugar in the principal Exporting Countries.

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

The world's production of gold in 1898 (the year before the Boer War) was 13,878,000 fine ounces, and by 1912 it had grown to 22,349,000 ounces.

The British Empire's production (treating the Transvaal as part of the British Empire) was 8,178,000 ounces in 1898, or 59 per cent., while in 1912 it was 14,140,000 ounces, or just over 60 per cent.

There is no need to emphasize the economic importance of the dominant position of the Empire in the matter of gold production.

In the Crown Colonies the total production is about 5 per cent. of the world's production, but in 1901 it was only about 2 per cent. If this relative rate of development continues, the Crown Colonies will, in the future, take a very important place in gold production.

RUBBER.

Production of Rubber 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.

Mauritius Fiji

Jamaica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent

Barbados

W

***

Bt. Christopher, Nevis

Antigua

***

Trinidad and Tobago

British Guiana

Indis

Egypt

*

Straits Settlements Ceylon

Nigeria

...

...

Gold CoastTM

British Guiana"

Perak

Selangor ...

Negri Sembilan

Pahang

Jobare

Kedah

Kelantan

***

North Borneo*

Sarawak

CROWN COLONIES.

All Cane Sugar.

Figures in thousands of cuts.

1901.

1913.

1915.

3,734

4,915

4,228

635

1,972

1,885

494

259

456

97

92

93

18

Negligible.

5

1,260

198

657

261

242

183

198

214

218⚫

1,218

847

1,176

2,162

1,748

2,357

38,136

45,252

52,720

1,908

1,160

1,950

CROWN COLONIES.

Figures in thousands of lbs.

Egypt and India are producers for Home Consumption.

1901.

1913.

1915.

4.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Beet Sugar.

1901.

1913.

Negligible.

13,344

27,464

Russia

20,419

30,528

7

26,967

48.809

1,934

1,144

556

Sweden

2,484

2,686

1,620

1,817

648

Denmark

1,137

2,867

388

1,324

1,662

Germany

45,305

52,083

Nil

17,156

37,326

Nil

26,618*

Netherlands

2,354

4,474

43,102

Nil

8,951

18,918

Belgium

3,946

4,451

Nil

407

1,262

France

20,300

15,370

No Returns

6,195

20,584

Spain

1,325

3,149

Do.

No Returns

4,232

Italy

1,462

6,447

Do.

327

110

124

1,393

2,358

Austria Hungary

20,847

33.224

Nil

230

56

United States

3,262

13,106

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