Liberia by Frederick Starr

Author:Frederick Starr [Starr, Frederick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: South Africa, Africa, Nonfiction, History, Civilization
ISBN: 1230001638929
Google: F33VPgAACAAJ
Publisher: cbook2823
Published: 2017-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

STATEMENT OF CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE REPUBLIC

OF LIBERIA FOR YEARS 1905-1912

(1st April-31st March)

Port 1905-6 1906-7 1907-8 1908-9 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12

Monrovia $114,098 $129,077 $128,030 $117,524 $135,916 $144,292

Cape Mount, etc. 38,128 31,901 19,327 25,907 27,809 36,125

Marshall 11,195 18,412 16,666 8,211 12,761 23,579

Grand Bassa, etc. 103,494 112,168 105,273 109,876 118,782 140,457

Sinoe, etc. 30,228 32,784 27,172 33,960 28,208 31,784

Cape Palmas, etc. 30,603 41,413 48,314 66,018 78,028 86,615

Kabawana, etc. 166 3,483 1,808 206 1,238 3,841

Rubber Duties collected in London 7,443 8,614 8,725 4,655 4,637

Total $230,580 $327,913 $376,684 $355,208 $370,431 $407,400 $471,335

It is interesting to notice with whom Liberia’s trade is carried on. Britain of course has always led; Germany comes second, Holland third, and other nations follow. Sir Harry Johnston says that in 1904 the total value of British trade with Liberia was £112,779, while the total trade of the British Empire with the Republic was £132,000; the £20,000 difference represent trade with Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast chiefly. On the whole it would seem that Germany is crowding Britain and bids fair to lead. A little table will show this clearly; the first statement shows the amount of British imports, exports, and entire trade for the years 1904, 1908, and 1909 in pounds sterling; a second statement shows the corresponding items for German trade for the years 1908 and 1909 in marks; a third statement changes the totals figures to dollars at the rate of five dollars to the pound and four marks to a dollar, which of course is only approximate. It shows, however, that Germany is actually crowding her longer established rival.

(a) BRITISH TRADE WITH LIBERIA (Soler)

Imports Exports Total

1904 £60,350 £62,710 £123,060

1908 74,348 75,137 149,485

1909 69,511 63,500 133,011

(b) GERMAN TRADE WITH LIBERIA (Soler)

Imports Exports Total

1908 1,177,000 mks. 1,856,000 mks. 3,033,000 mks.

1909 1,095,000 mks. 2,282,000 mks. 3,377,000 mks.

(c) ENGLISH AND GERMAN TRADE (1908-1909)

1908 1909

English $747,425 $665,055

German 758,250 844,250

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