Daily camera., 1900-03-10
BOERS' FOOD SUPPLY.
Official Export Figures Of 1903 and
What They Show.
Many Shipnsnts to Othsr Potnts
thought to Have Been SarrsD-
titiously Taken to the Trans-
vaal and Stored.


been wanting to show how thoroughly
the Beers in South Africa went to
work to prepare for the war with
Great Britain. Most of these accounts,
however, have had reference to the OBJ
tanning of munitions of war. There
is no doubt that the burghers of. the
lransvaal and the Orange Free State
were Just as thorough in providing
supplies of food. Some data on the
subject are contained in a pa4nphlet
lust issued from the United States de-
partment of agriculture. This publi-
cation only brings the matter down
to June 80, 1898, but lie figures con-
tanned in it show that the Beers began
their preparations as far back as 1896.
In the figures given showing the
distribution of agricultural exports
from this country, nothing is reported
relating directly to the Transvaal.
The exports are credited to British
Africa and Portuguese Africa, these
containing the seaports Trough which
the stuff for the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State passes.
Canned beef is a representative ar
tice These figures, in pounds. shipped
to British Africa. for five years, are as
follows: 1894. s67,l93; 1896. l.37l,761;
1896, 3.O19, 493: 1897, 5,3l9 9,302. and 1898,
4,l22,457
The shipments of the same staple
to Portuguese Africa show even great
er disparity between the earlier and
the later shipments, thus: 1894. s6;
1898, none; 1896, 457,570; 1897, 79l,-
go, and 1895, s3s,797.
Ten salted, or picked. beef may be
considered. To Portuguese Africa the
shipments were small but from moth
ing in 1894 they increased TO 26,20O
pounds in 1897, and over 2O.0G0 in 1898.
British Africa, however, took from us
the following quantities. in pounds
during the five years inclusive of 1894
9S. respectively: 202.226, l7S.l95, 49,
$50, 37l 500. and SIS, 500.
Bacon to British Africa jumped
from nothing in 1894 10 35.45I pounds in
1897, and hams from ,Sl6 in 1894 to
135,l69 pounds in 1895. Shipments TO
Portuguese Africa of hams jumped
from nothing during the first four
years to 53,666 pounds in 1898.
Salted or picked pork sent to Brit
ish Africa ranged from as low as AS
sos in 1895 up to l13,3OO pounds in
1897. Little of the article went to, or
by way Of Portuguese Africa.
60 1,r I'd l,r
thus: British Africa, for five years,
respectively: s9,O24, 29l ,2O9, 446,663.
1872 BOG, and l,7OO,2s3 Portuguese AZ
rica: 1000, -, 64,917, ll6,75o. and
1892
Lard oil is another large item for
British Africa. 1t increased from 1861
143 gallons in 1894. to 300,744 gallons
in 1897.
These are the significant figures for
corn in bushels: British Africa (for
five years respectively)-1,0 900, $40,
1881 ,O69. 1,4s5, ,s97 233,274. Portuguese
Africa-62, 3, 154O52, 307.595. 9O.9S2.
Cornmeal sent to British Africa
jumped from 25 barrels in 1898 to II.
g41 in 1895
No oatmeal was sent to British AT
rica in 1894 and 1895. The following
years, 1896. 1897 and 1898. show the
following figures in pounds respect
lively: 29,s5O, 1882. and 667,79s
Rye sent to the ports of British Af-
rica amounted to only 1929 bushels in
1896, The next year the figures were
95.264
Then follow amazing figures for
wheat British Africa took only A.
794 bushels in 1895 but the following
year she took 2,296.374, and the two
succeeding years, respectively, 2,524.-
Os4 and 2,s23,s63 For Portuguese At
rica there were no shipments in 1S94-5
and only 1871 in 1896. But in 1897
they amounted to s37,665. and in 1898
to 2,35S,5l5 bushels.
Wheat -four to British Africa jumped
from 9,674 barrels in 1898 to 1875, 1853
barrels in 1896 and 259,3O5 barrels in
1898.
British Africa took 22O bushels of
beans and peas in 1898. The next year
1926 bushels were shipped. and in
lo97 80, li3, the quantity tne 1olloWlng
year being 24,631.
Portuguese Africa, which had taken
none the previous years. took 1896
bushels in 1897
There was an increase also in dried
apples. To British African ports there
were sent in 1894 47o pounds. In 1897
the quantity was 3O,sOO, and in 1898
Pitt.
Other items show minor increases,
and many kinds of exports remain
about stationary, the large increases
in every case being of nonperishable
foods.-N. y. Times
Kfager's Prophecy.
The following extract from letter