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HAITI

silver, copper, iron, antimony, tin, sulphur, coal, kaolin, nickel, gypsum, limestone and porphyry are found but are little worked. Some effort has been made to work copper mines in the last few years, and concessions have been granted for mining coal, iron, and copper. Imports and Exports for 4 years : —

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Imports

Kxports

1916-17 1918-10

Imports

Bx porta

1915 1915-16 !

Dollars

4,344,763 1,925,255

Dollars 1,837,744

Dollars

1,661,309 17,117,608

iMIIlrt 1,692,9*8

21,460,044

The values of imports into Haiti from various countries for the years 1915 and 1916 were as follows :— From the United States, 8,775,064 dollars in 1916 and 3,806,673 dollars in 1915 ; from Great Britain, 719,959 dollars in 1916 and 296,284 dollars in 1915 ; from France, 467,336 dollars in 1916 and 167,779 dollars in 1915.

The following statistics of exports show only the quantities of given commodities exported from Haiti. No values are available.

Articles

1916

1917

Articles

Hides and skins lbs. Honey gallons Logwood lbs.

1916

1917

Beeswax lbs. Cocoa ,, Coffee

52,091 3,477,794

7S,439,478

57,749

4,896.076

47,423,101

1,144,792

583,763

136,926,672

707,048

1,085,056

50,759,328

Cotton ,,

3,262,028

S,381,7S6

Gum ,,

15,431,084

The chief imports are cottons, sacks, machinery, iron-work, flour, lard, and kerosene. ,

Total trade between Haiti and the U.K. for 5 years (Board of Trade Returns) : —

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1916

€ 102,529

145,930

1917 1918

1919

1920

Imports Kxports

£

47,013

145,910

18,074

71,812

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161,981

216,808

£

168,701

438,413

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In 1916 there entered at the ports of the Republic 86 steam vessels of 415,574 tons, and 20 sailing ships of 4,900 tons. Several lines of steamers (French, Dutch, and Norwegian) connect the ports of Haiti with New York.

Port-au-Prince is connected with Cape Haiti by a road 169 miles long, and with Morebalais and Las Coobas by a road 33 miles long. A light railway has been constructed from Port-au-Prince to Lake Assuei (28 miles), and to Leogane (22 miles), but the traffic is small. A concession has been granted the 'National Railroad Company of Hayti ' for a railroad from Cape Haiti to Port-au-Prince, now in construction. Total length of line, 64 miles. Port-au-Prince has 5 miles of tramway.

The principal towns are connected by the Government telegraph system. A cable runs from the Mole St. Nicholas to Santiago de Cuba and from the Mole to Port-au-Prince, and also to Cape Haiti, whence it runs to Puerto Plata (Santo Domingo) and to South America.