The Province was annexed to Natal (f) Exclusive of Pigs in the Province of Zululand, for which there were no returns. (g) Exclusive of Pigs in Bechuanaland numbering, in 1896, 1,653. JUTE. JUTE. BRITISH INDIA. No 74.-APPROXIMATE ACREAGE, PRODUCTION and EXPORTS of BRITISH INDIAN JUTE in each of the Years ended 31st March, 1892 to 1907. (a) Practically all the Indian jute is produced in the Province of Bengal, a little being grown in Assam, Cooch Bihar and Nepal. It is stated that the area under jute in Bengal is based on very uncertain data, but special efforts were made in 1904 to obtain correct estimates. (b) There are practically no Exports of raw jute from British India by the land frontiers. (c) Approximate figures. ASBESTOS. ASBESTOS. DOMINION OF CANADA. No. 75.-QUANTITY and VALUE of ASBESTOS PRODUCED in, and EXPORTED from, the DOMINION OF CANADA in each of the Years 1892 to 1906. NOTES.-It is stated in the original returns that in years prior to 1892 the figures for production were unreliable. For rate of conversion into £ sterling, see Table No. 2, p. 5 (a) Including Asbestic. South Australia (includ ing N. Territory) 575,299 651,286 2,617,824 2,684,504 139,370 Western Australia (d) Tasmania Queensland TOTAL COMMONWEALTH Territory of Papua Dominion of New Zealand 153,132 152,092 128,792 112,759 120,044 95,143 79,041 226,284 421,385 787,099 879,748 1,068,808 2,564,977 3,990,698 6,246,732 174,070 145,875 225,485 212,329 237,574 289,241 281,485 327,545 2,154,453 2,159,290 2,378,288 2,210,887 2,241,347 2,553,141 2,750,349 2,838,119 5,887,300 6,215,472 7,567,497 7,708,029 7,954,196 9,882,782 11,668,446 14,467,779 Natal 229 Cape of Good Hope 4,522 Transvaal 4,541,071 2,236 913,138 187 1,989 5,480,498 3,906 887,839 259 1,115 7,667,152 2,565 1,162,164 540 581 8,569,555 Southern Rhodesia Gold Coast Dominion of Canada (c) (e) 63,000 229,000 86,186 84,798 63,538 51,300 566,049 1,238,428 2,830,566 4,368,819 488,995 505,049 484,876 442,185 464,768 442,935 412,395 NOTE. The quantity of gold produced in the several Colonies is stated in units of varying degrees of fineness, but for the most part, fine ounces are given. The figures given in italics represent domestic exports, as production figures are not available. For particulars of gold exported from each of the Federated Malay States, see Table No. 8, pp. 412 et seq. (a) The figures for 1902-6 represent the quantity of fine gold produced in the whole of the Transvaal. For prior years, the figures for the Witwatersrand Fields only are given-the production of which amounted to 1,690,101 ozs. in 1903. (b) Gross weight. |