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West African Forests and Forestry · Arthur Harold Unwin — chapter 19 of 31 · ~996 words · public domain

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NIGERIA—FOREST EXPORTS

----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------- | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. Products. +-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- |Quant. | £ |Quant. | £ |Quant. | £ ----------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- Palm kernels |158,849|1,815,967|172,998|2,450,814|176,389|2,574,405 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Palm kernel | 853 | 1,512| 1,168 | 2,070| 943 | 973 shells | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Palm kernel oil | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | Palm oil | 6,335 |1,447,163|76,850 |1,742,234|79,336 |1,696,876 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Kernel cake | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | Rubber | 619 | 109,076| 1,175 | 311,691| 961 | 179,355 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Gum arabic | — | — | — | — | 373 | 6,559 | | | | | tons | | | | | | | Gum copal | — | — | — | — |10 tons| 362 | | | | | | Gutta-percha | — | — | — | — | 104 | 8,787 | | | | | tons | | | | | | | Shea butter | 309 | 5,230| 340 | 6,804| 248 | 4,978 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Shea nuts | 9,728 | 78,029| 4,464 | 43,510| 3,629 | 35,518 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | Kola nuts | — | — | — | — |79 tons| 2,377 | | | | | | Coconuts | 2,240 | 71,916| — | — |20,500 | 82 | tons | | | | nuts | | | | | | | Kapok | — | — | — | — |2 tons | 152 | | | | | | Copra |21 tons| 259| — | — |96 tons| 1,672 | | | | | | Timber, mahogany| — | 46,372| — | 60,191|13,675 | 55,575 | | | | | logs | | | | | | | „ ebony | — | — | — | — |74 tons| 266 | | | | | | „ other than | — | — | — | — |3 tons | 1 furniture | | | | | | | | | | | | Camwood | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | | | | | | Mangrove bark | — | — | — | — | 504 | 671 | | | | | tons | | | | | | | Rafters | — | — | — | — | 280 | 28 | | | | | pkgs. | | | | | | | Beeswax | — | — | 256 | — |11 tons| 566 | | | tons | | | ----------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- TOTALS |178,955|3,574,524|257,252|4,617,314|262,767|4,569,211 | tons | | tons | | tons | | | | | | | | | | | |20,500 | | | | | | nuts | | | | | | | | | | | |13,675 | | | | | | logs | | | | | | | | | | | | 280 | | | | | | pkgs. | ----------------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------

----------------+-----------------+----------------- | 1912. | 1913. Products. +-------+---------+-------+--------- |Quant. | £ |Quant. | £ ----------------+-------+---------+-------+--------- Palm kernels |184,624|2,797,411|174,720|3,109,820 | tons | | tons | | | | | Palm kernel | 1,472 | 3,140| 649 | 1,313 shells | tons | | tons | | | | | Palm kernel oil | 499 | 16,341| 3,857 | 129,443 | tons | | tons | | | | | Palm oil |76,994 |1,654,933|83,085 |1,854,384 | tons | | tons | | | | | Kernel cake | — | — | — | 31,484 | | | | Rubber | 705 | 25,022| 510 | 89,995 | tons | | tons | | | | | Gum arabic | 307 | 1,785| 710 | 3,133 | tons | | tons | | | | | Gum copal |72 tons| 1,686|19 tons| 322 | | | | Gutta-percha | 106 | 5,419|74 tons| 4,424 | tons | | | | | | | Shea butter | 179 | 4,798| 120 | 4,044 | tons | | tons | | | | | Shea nuts | 7,756 | 46,609| 9,420 | 70,427 | tons | | tons | | | | | Kola nuts |72 tons| 2,136|48 tons| 1,459 | | | | Coconuts |15,550 | 51|147,745| 496 | nuts | | nuts | | | | | Kapok | 1 ton | 69|19 tons| 1,097 | | | | Copra |94 tons| 1,628|96 tons| 1,890 | | | | Timber, mahogany|15,565 | 78,006|19,152 | 105,440 | logs | | logs | | | | | „ ebony |37 tons| 102| 119 | 608 | | | tons | | | | | „ other than |5 tons | 2|10 tons| 5 furniture | | | | | | | | Camwood |13 tons| 46|67 tons| 314 | | | | Mangrove bark | 213 | 448|48 tons| 200 | tons | | | | | | | Rafters | 95 | 8| 40 | 2 | pkgs. | | pkgs. | | | | | Beeswax |4 tons | 247|5 tons | 388 ----------------+-------+---------+-------+--------- TOTALS |273,158|4,639,892|273,583|5,410,695 | tons | | tons | | | | | |15,550 | |147,745| | nuts | | nuts | | | | | |15,565 | |19,152 | | logs | | logs | | | | | | 95 | | 40 | | pkgs. | | pkgs. | ----------------+-------+---------+-------+---------

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