Affairs of West Africa

West African Mahogany Trade

Imports of West African Mahogany Into European Ports in the Years 1898-1901

1898	40,167	tons
1899	48,902	″
1900	55,959	″
1901	44,582	″

Destination of Imports in 1901

Liverpool	29,312	tons
London	6,998	″
Glasgow	278	″
Germany	4,735	″
France	3,259	″

Imports, in Superficial Feet, of West African Mahogany Into Liverpool for the Past 13 Years

Sup. ft.	1889	68,000
″	1890	259,000
″	1891	1,600,000
″	1892	3,000,000
″	1893	4,984,000
″	1894	4,700,000
″	1895	3,400,000
″	1896	5,098,000
″	1897	8,134,000
″	1898	10,519,000
″	1899	13,508,000
″	1900	14,034,000
″	1901	11,652,000

Import, Consumption and Stock of West African Mahogany Into Liverpool 1898-1901

	1898.		1899.		1900.		1901.
Import	10,519,000	ft.	13,508,000	ft.	14,034,000	ft.	11,652,000	ft.
Consumption	10,571,000	″	13,496,000	″	13,764,000	″	11,978,000	″
Stock	633,000	″	645,000	″	915,000	″	589,000	″

Imports of West African Mahogany Into Liverpool for the First Six Months of 1901 and 1902 Respectively

	Logs
	January.		February.		March.		April.		May.		June.
	1901.	1902.	1901.	1902.	1901.	1902.	1901.	1902.	1901.	1902.	1901.	1902.
Lagos	1558	799	767	184	386	120	311	42	210	43	72	114
Benin	202	599	62	376	69	—	121	181	56	66	77	—
Sapeli	65	49	44	44	58	—	87	89	36	42	77	—
Other West African Ports	2373	626	505	1130	264	198	604	617	206	502	320	114