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THE statesman's YEA.R-BUOK, 1913
ZANZIBAR. British Agent— Mr. E. A. W. Clarke has died.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA. Trade in 1912,
Commercial Government Specie ,
Imports
Exports
£
£
5,472,056
5,772,203
478,965
1,285
477,948
316,210
Total 1912 6,420,860 „ 1911 5,680,080
6,080,707 5,:301,467
SIERRA LEONE PROTECTORATE.
On March 7, 1013, an Order in Council was issued constituting the Protectorate of Sierra Leone. The Order applies to the tei'ritories, not being portions of the Colony of Sierra Leone, lying between the sixth and tenth degrees of north latitude ami the tentli and fourteenth degrees of west longitude, and beginning at the extreme southerly point of the colony on the Anglo-Liberian boundary, as delimited under the provisions of the Anglo- Liberian Conventions, November 11, 1885, and January 21, 1911.
The Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being of the Colony of Sierra Leone is to be also the Governor of the Protectorate. Authority is given to the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone, by ordinance, to exercise and provide for giviag effect to the powers and jurisdiction acquired by the Crown.
CANADA.
Agriculture. — The final estimates of production in 1012 are as follows, in bushels : — Autumn wheat, 16,300,000 ; spring wheat, 182,840,000 ; oats, 361,733,000 ; barlev, 44,014,000 ; rye, 2,504,000 ; peas, 3,773,500 ; buckwheat, 10,103,000 ; mixed grains, 17,952,000 ; flax, 21,681,500; beans, 1,040,800; maize, 16,559,800; potatoes, 81,343,000; turnips and other roots, 87,505,000. Grass and clover yielded 11,189,000 tons of hay ; maize fodder, 2,858,900 ons ; sugar-beet, 204,000 tons ; and alfalfa, 310,100 tons.
Trade, 1012. — The total imports for home consumption and exports of domestic produce n 1011 and 1012 were as follows : —
1912
1911
£
&
130,649,000
103,321,000
70,296,000
57,442,000
Imports . ,
Exports
The value of the imports into and exports out of Canada by countries is shown in the following table :—
Countries.
Value of Imports.
Value of Exports.
1911. 1912.
1911.
1912.
United States
Great Britain
British Eminrc
France
Germany
Other countries
Dols. Dole. 341,192,612 410,040,770 113,299,424 ( 133,334,025 10,220,146 23,020,770 11,763,201 ' 14,877,850 11,184,700 13,707,60(5 28,190,520 40,605,332
Dols.
115,203,454
147,418,321
17,450,467
2,257,780
3,303,213
18,031,084
Dols.
154,325,104
170,703,180
19,743,694
2,372,729
3,461,124
21,488,150
Total
524,850,7l'2 045,547,352
303,7()3,328 378,093,990
