New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-13
IMPORTANCE OF AFRICAN TRsnp
FIGURES WHICH SHOW COMMERCE OF r,,-,
UNITED KINGDOM WITH THE DARK
CONTINENT

Washington. Sept. II (SpeciaD.-The irnno-..
OF Africa as field for the producers and MAN.
facturers of the United States is illustrated h, -
figures just received by the Treasury R,,rea1 -
Statistics showing the commerce of the rTs. =,
Kingdom with Africa. Considerable pride bs. -.
felt IN the fact that the exports from the Irn,,s
States to Africa have grown to $2300Ge =, ~
hscai year 1852. but comparison of these fgurss
with those of the exports from the United Rins
dom to that continent shows that our exportS .
Africa still form very small proportion NJ -
impOrtations of the Dark Continent The totor e
ports from the United Kingdom TO Africa wars =
1901 sl91@oooo. or, practically. five times as rnreh
as the exports from the United States to Afr;c.
While the growth of exports from the United Kin,
dom to Africa has not been rapid as in the cas
of the United States it has been steady and -
sstent. In 1887 the total exports from the Irni,,
Kingdom to Africa amounted to sl20OO0OOo IN Iasa
sl34Ge coo and in 1901 sl57e00O0 OF this exportao
of more than s15e,000.000 worth of merchandise >,
Africa nearly two-thirds goes to the southern mar.
Of the continent the figures being. to Cape CoIopv
s6270Oe0o; TO Natal. S29.5O0OO0 and to Portuguese
Africa chiefly the southeastern front of the eon
tinent and forming the most direct entrance to m.
territory of the late Boer republics s6.O20O0O Tia
next region in Importance is Egypt to which the
exports from the United Kingdom are s3l 2sSco0.
next, British West Africa. s13, 222 900.
An analysis of this market for over S5NOOoNn
worth of British products shows that the chief sx
ports to Cape Colony consist of cotton piece good.
IRON wrought and unwrOuSht coal, provisions %
all sorts, and manufactured articles especially an
parel and haberdashery. To Natal the exports are
similar 10 those to Cape Colony with the excepsio
of coal, of which considerable quantity is pro
duced in Natal itself To Portuguese Africa the
shipments included cottOns machinery and other
supplies chiefly for the Transyaal and Orange Rivar
Colonies To British West Africa cotton goods
coal and iron the most important articles ev
ported To Egypt the expectations included cotton
goods to the value of s0 coo: coal s25Oo. iron
wrought and unwrought, S,sSOO51. and MACHINERY
including steam engines, S.935. O00
The trade of the TransvaaI seems likely to provo
an important factor. especially in view of the pres
ent and prospective enlargement of the gold MINING
operations. For the five months ending with Nav
they amounted to s692500o against sl1S5oOO in the
corresponding five months of last year. Among the
more important articles exported from the United
Kingdom to the Transvaal in the five months end
ing with May are metals and manufactures incIud-
ing agricultural implements. s. $4,000: apparel.
haberdashery etc, $4,000; provisions inclusive Of
corn and dairy products. 1886 600, and grain
including flour, meal and rice. s944O00 leather and
manufactures. including saddlery, boots and shoes
$sl2Jr. dairy products. s720 900: drugs and chemi
Gals $2 too. beverages including ale, spirits wines
and mineral waters $S1S COO: wood and Inanufact-
$j74 OO0- To the Orange River Colony the ex-
ports much less the figures for the first quarter
of 1902 being S.11O0. against s35 900 in the CORE
spending quarter of the preceding year.
Cotton piece goods alone form very important
feature Of British exports Africa In 1897 they
amounted 10 So IS COO and in 1901 to $50 31 900 OF
this total s131O010 went to Egypt 6O5300 to Cape
Colony and Natal 81 $4,000 to British West Africa,
$,022 TOO French Africa and $4,000 to Morocco.
The following table shows the total value of ex-
kingdom. respectively. in each calendar year from
1891 to 1901: