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 SHIPPING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Chief articles of import and export : —

Imports Import* Export*

(1918) (1919) (1918)

189

Bags and Kanda

Coal.

Dried Fish

Flour.

Groceries and Trovisions

Giiee.

Hardware.

Live •itock

Sugar

Tobacco

Cloves

Copra.

Grain.

Ivory.

Petroleum.

Piece goods

Rice.

Specie

£ 21,044

2,4.56 20,257 33,407 81,061 30,309 20, 290 14,608 50,998 71,372

68,715 50,500

10,481 13,747 974.197

157,1 A

3,048

£ 26,968 4,104 20,246 45,2S3 73,764 48,330 31,422

71,^54 03,009

120.875 70.663 19,911 44.923

580,523

4,346

151,387

9,657

32,279

673,474

3-: BM

333

Export* (1919)

M

10,578

96

18,344

17,-10

63,026

16,485

13,976

207

19,914

39,992

759,295

442,11'

24.300

30,487

22.99S

518,372

33,714

4,193

The distribution of trade was as follows : —

Import?

Imports

(1918)

(1919)

?rom or to —

£

£

United Kingdom

839,602

492,791

British India and Burma.

509,181

British East Africa

M

150,975

Netherlands

19,896

14,100

France

33,485

4.934

U.S. America

48,605

41,129

Exports

Export*

(1918)

(1919)

£



12,»77

078,i, a4

467,632

589,144

109,929

148.796

—

933

103.501

347,069

44 : 350

Imports iuto the United Kingdom from Zanzibar (British Board of Trade Returns) 1919, 577,423/., including 31,970/. raw hides, 154,083/. nuts and kernels; 314.269/. spices. To tal imports, 1920, 957.000/. Exports of British domestic products to Zanzibar, 289,079/., including 150,265/. cottons, 5,227/. apparel, 5,228/. soap, 33,795/. tobacco, 4,744/. iron and iron and steel manufactures ; chemicals, 6,645/. ; machinery, 5,051/. ; spirits, 11,140/. Total exports, 1920, 392,000/.

Shipping and Communications, &c. — The port of Zanzibar is one of

the finest in Africa and was for long a mam centre of commerce between India, Arabia, and the mainland. Of late years, however, the importance of Zanzibar as a port of transhipment and distributing centre has largely- decreased owing to the development of the mainland, to the opening up of the coast ports to direct steamship service with Europe, and to the transfer to Aden of the seat of trade with the Benadir Coast. Recent figures, nevertheless, tend to indicate that the Island will continue by reason of its geographical position to retain control of the local traffic.

The British India Steam Navigation Company and the Union Castle Steamship Company maintain monthly services between London-Zanzibar- Durban and Southampton-Zanzibar- Durban respectively, the Clan-Ellerman- Ilarrison Line, between Glasgow-Liverpool-Zanzibar-Beira (cargo only), the Compagnie des Messageries Maritime* between Marseilles-Zanzibar-