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-
