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PORTUGAL

of whom 218 European), Beiva (population, 8,420, of whom 73« white), Inhambane (population, 3,330, of whom 100 European and 250 Asiatic), and Louren90 Marques, (9,849, of whom 4,691 European).

The trade registered at the following ports m 1910 (from January to November for all ports except I bo) is given below :—

LourenQO Marques Inhambane. Chinde. Quilimane. Mozambique Ibo. . ..

Imports

Milreis 3,605,164 494,740 344,512 483,608 811,382 411,717

Exports

Re-exports

Transit

Milreis

Milreis

Milreis

1,801,804

2,617,970

29,811,358

350,429

817

—

352,332

851,309

127,135

273,911

1,199

—

301,102

99,532

—

353,470

79,462

I

expoi

n 1911 the Imports at Lourenco Marques amounted to 942,554?, and .rts to 512,056? ; at Beira, imports 585,789Z ; exports, 540.066Z ; at Chmde, imports, 124,960?; exports, 84,570?.

The chief articles imported into the colony are cottons, iron-work, spirits, beer, and wine. The exports are mainly rubber, various ores, wax, and ivory. The ports are visited regularly by the steamers of the German East Africa lino, and on the Zambezi and Shire rivers there are plying 21 small steamers of, in all, 1,125 tons, and 103 barges of 3,676 tons. The Zambezi is navigable for stern- wheelers as far as Tete. The port of Lourenco Marques was visited in 1911 by 688 vessels of 2,241,806 tons ; the port of Beira by 502 vessels of 931,783 tons.

The Delagoa Bay railway has a length of 57 miles in the colony, and is continued for 290 miles to Pretoria. The commercial relations and transit of goods by this railway between the Portuguese and British possessions are regulated by the agreement signed April 1, 1909. A new line from LourenQO Marques to the Swaziland border is under construction, 42 miles being open for traffic, including the Umbeluzi branch. The Gaza railway from Chai-Chai to Manjacaze has 32 miles open for traffic, and the line from Mutamba to Inharrime 25 miles. The Beira railway has a length of 204 miles in the colony, and is continued from the British frontier to Bulawayo. Beira is connected by telegraph with Salisbury in Mashonaland, and Lourenco Marques with the Transvaal system. Quilimane has telegraphic communication with Chiromo. In 1911 there were 2,959 miles of telegraph

line.

The Portuguese coinage is little used ; the official value of the milreis is 4s. hd., or 4-5 milreis to the £. At Mozambique the currency is chiefly British- Indian rupees, on which an import duty of 10 per cent, is levied. At LoureuQO Marques English gold and silver coins are chiefly used.

Statistical and other Books of Reference.

1. Official Publications. Portugal anp Dependencies.

The statistical publications of the various Government Departments.

Boletim commercial e raaritimo (monthly).

Boletim da DirecQao Geral de Agricultura. , ^, ,t ,

Boletim Official for each of the PortuKue.se colonies :— Provincias de Cabo, Verde, Gnin6, Sao Thomt- e Principe, Angola, Mocambiqne, Estado da India, Provincia de Macao Districto de Timor.