§ Mr. CROFTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will give the figures of the total exports of manufactures and produce for the Union of South Africa in the last completed year, also to South Africa for the years 1906, 1900, and 1895?
Mr. BUXTONMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies has asked me to answer this question. The following statement gives the information asked for by the hon. Member. I have422W thought it desirable to add particulars for each of the intermediate years:—
STATEMENT showing the Value of Merchandise (the Produce or Manufacture of the United Kingdom) exported from this country to the States comprised in the Union of South Africa in each of the undermentioned years: Years. Cape of Good Hope. Natal. Orange Free State. Transvaal. Total. 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 £'s. £'s. £'s. £'s. £'s. 1895 9,017 1,604 *Cannot be stated. 1896 10,687 3,134 1897 9,977 3,407 1898 9,144 3,055 1899 8,381 2,990 1900 9,337 3,421 1901 11,692 5,463 1902 16,738 7,699 1903 17,676 7,611 1904 10,540 4,524 †316 †2,439 17,819 1905 8,659 4,643 †314 †3,261 16,877 1906 8,538 3,844 †430 †2,794 15,606 1907 7,737 3,170 †420 †2,878 14,205 1908 5,999 2,999 †372 †3,100 12,470 1909 6,188 3,538 †416 †4,405 14,547 1910 8,044 5,099 †525 †5,783 19,451 * The value of the bulk of the exports to the Transvaal and Orange River Colony in the years 1895 to 1903 is included in the figures given for the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Information as to consignments to the two former States through Portuguese East Africa in those years is not available, but in 1904 it amounted to £486,000. † Value of the exports consigned to the Transvaal and Orange Free State by any route.