THE GAMBIA—FOREST EXPORTS
----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. Products.+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- | Quant. | £ | Quant. | £ | Quant. | £ ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- Cane | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | Gum | — | — | — | — | — | — Arabic | | | | | | | | | | | | Ground |53,644 tons|323,231|58,456 tons|387,943|47,931 tons|437,472 nuts | | | | | | | | | | | | Palm | 389 tons | 3,526| 467 tons | 5,640| 444 tons | 4,758 kernels | | | | | | | | | | | | Rubber |15,548 lb. | 1,550| 7,148 lb. | 952|10,733 lb. | 836 | | | | | | Wax |48,969 lb. | 2,180|25,718 lb. | 1,274|33,871 lb. | 1,514 | | | | | | Wood and | 4 pkgs. | 4| 162 pkgs. | 63| 155 pkgs. | 28 timber | | | | | | | | | | | | Oil | 361 gals. | 39| 108 gals. | 12| — | — (palm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Lumber | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | Gum copal| — | — | 90 lb. | — | — | — ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- TOTALS | 4 pkgs. |330,530| 162 pkgs. |395,885| 155 pkgs. |444,608 | | | | | | |54,033 tons| |58,923 tons| |48,375 tons| | | | | | | |64,509 lb. | |32,956 lb. | |44,604 lb. | | | | | | | | 361 gals. | | 108 gals. | | | ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+--------
----------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------- | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. Products.+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- | Quant. | £ | Quant. | £ | Quant. | £ ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- Cane | — | — | — | — | 59 bdls. | 4 | | | | | | Gum | — | — | — | — | 2 tons | 44 Arabic | | | | | | | | | | | | Ground |64,169 tons|502,069|67,404 tons|622,098|66,884 tons|650,460 nuts | | | | | | | | | | | | Palm | 445 tons | 6,518| 546 tons | 9,026| 494 tons | 7,814 kernels | | | | | | | | | | | | Rubber | 4,335 lb. | 409|12,995 lb. | 1,027| 3,548 lb. | 102 | | | | | | Wax |30,830 lb. | 1,164|31,518 lb. | 990|15,513 lb. | 473 | | | | | | Wood and | 178 pkgs. | 55|1,562 pkgs.| 20| 30 pkgs. | 10 timber | | | | | | | | | | | | Oil | — | — | — | — | — | — (palm) | | | | | | | | | | | | Lumber | 273 feet | 2| — | — | — | — | | | | | | Gum copal| — | — | — | — | — | — ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------- TOTALS | 178 pkgs. |500,218|1,562 pkgs.|633,161| 30 pkgs. |658,911 | | | | | | |64,614 tons| |67,950 tons| |67,382 tons| | | | | | | |35,165 lb. | |44,513 lb. | |19,061 lb. | | | | | | | | 273 feet | | | | 59 bdls. | ----------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+-----------+--------
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