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Trade, the value of the trade between the United Kingdom and Liberia was as follows in five years : —

Imports into U.K. from Liberia ....

Exports of U.K. produce to Liberia ....

1907

1908

1909

1

£

1910 £

1911

£

£

£

7(5,21.5

73,954

63,509

60,440

59,320

95,907

61,279

57,620

07,348

88,087

The chief articles of import from Liberia to Great Britain in 1910 were palm oil of the value of 14,743Z, ; palm kernels, 7,340^, ; cofiee, 648Z. ; rubber, 15,820Z. ; piassava fibre, 27,399^. The British exports to Liberia consisted mainly of cotton manufactures, of the value of 21,607Z. ; iron, 2,674Z. ; wood, 1,116^.

Monrovia is visited regularly by 7 lines of steamers, British, German, French, and Spanish. In 1911, 443 vessels visited Monrovia with a tonnage of 972,737 tons. Of these, 176 vessels of 381,618 tons were British, 235 vessels of 543,419 tons German. The total number of ships entered and cleared at all the ports of Liberia in 1911 was 1,056 of 2,077,000 tons. There are no raihvays or vehicular means of transport in the country, except ox-carts and a motor road of about 20 miles recently constructed. The river St. Paul is navigable for 25 miles from the sea northwards (including creeks, for 38 miles), and various Liberians maintain four steam launches or steamers thereon. The Liberian Government has recently acquired a river steamer, besides the gun vessel already mentioned. Direct cable communication with Europe was established by German cable via Tenerift'e on March 21, 1910, and with New York, by the South American Cable Co,, which opened its station at Monrovia on February 14, 1912,

Money, Weights, and Measures — The money chiefly used is British gold and silver, but there is a Liberian coinage in silver and copper. Accounts are kept generally in American dollars and cents. The Liberian coins are as follows : — Silver, 50-, 25-, and 10-cent pieces; copper, 2- and 1-cent pieces.

Weights and measures are the same as Great Britain and the United States.

Diplomatic and Consular Representatives.

1. Of Liberia in Great Britain. Minister. — J. P. Crommelin.

Consitl-Oeneral. — C, M. Higgins. Consul. — J, Green.

There are Consuls in London, Birmingham, Cardiff", Glasgow, Hull Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea.

2, Of Great Britain in Liberia.

H.B.M. Acting GotisuI- General at Monrovia. — M, Y, H, Parks (1911) Acting Vice-Consul. — R. R, Appleby (1912).

Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Liberia.

1. Official Publications.

Report of U,S. Conuuissioner of Education for 1905, Vol. L contains a Report on Education in Liberia by Q. W. Ellis, secretary of the U.S. Legation at Monrovia. Wash- ington, D. C, 1907.

Foreign Office Report^ou the Trade«of Liberia. London.