234 TBE BRITISH EMPIRE: — WEST AFRICAN COLONIES

Customs revenue (1911) : Northern Nigeria (1911-12), 97,280^'. ; Southern Nigeria and Lagos, 1,439,386/.; Gold Coast, 663,071/.; Sierra Leone, 242, 324Z.; Gambia, 68,320Z.

Expenditure

imi

N. Nigeria Prot. ^

S. Nigeria Prot.

S. Nigeria Col, (Lagos)

Gold Coast

Sierra Leone

Gambia

Totals

£ 498,302

}l, 217,337

1908

£ 540,644

1,357,763

617,124; 687,292

345,567: 341,871

57,729: 61,097

2,736,059 2,988,667

1909

£ 566,843

1,648,680

734,367

336,746

56,237

3,342,873

1010 1911

£ £

565,760 821,634

l,989,979-2|l, 717,259

924,862 914,500

361,222 432,448

63,384 71,390

3,905,207 3,957,231

i For years ending Marcli 31 of the year following those stated.

2 397,6971. expenditure on loan works temporarily defrayed from revenne.

The outstanding debt of Colony of Northern Nigeria on December 31, 1911, amounted to 1,480,000/. (1,330,000/. advanced from Southern Nigeria loan fund and 150,000/. by the Imperial Exchequer) ; of Southern Nigeria, 6,471,288/.; of the Gold Coast to 2,489,118/.; of Sierra Leone, 1,255,101/.

Imports including bullion and specie.

1907

£

539,120

4,438.907

2,366,] 95

988,022

445,359

1908

£

793,620"^

4,284,830

2,029,447

813,700

390,740

1909

1910

1911

N. Nigeria Prot.^ . S. Nigeria Gold Coast Sierra Leone . Gambia .

£

1,215,084='

4,962,544

2,394,412

978,807

404,560

£ 1,374,433=^ 5,857,335 3,439,831 1,162,470 578,983

£

886,4633 5,680,980 3,784,260 1,267,231

807,118

Totals 2 .

8,238,000

7,519,000

8,740,000

11,039,000

11,540,000

1 Reliable statements regarding the volume and value of imports and exports are not obtainable as the bulk of the customs duties are collected on the Coast. The figures given are approximate only, and represent mainly trade via the Niger River.

'^ Exclusive of duplicate entries

3 For year.s ended Marcli 31 following those stated.

The chief imports (1911) of Northern Nigeria were : cottons, 267,188/. Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Lagos : cottons, 1,231,702/. ; spirits, 438,973/. ; provisions, 467,833/. Gold Coast: specie, 881,092/.; cottons, 678,062/.; spirits, 185,129/.; machinery, 218,224/. ; provisions, 164,385/.; hardware, 114,929/. Sierra Leone : provisions, 27,994/. ; woollens, 10,529/.; cottons, 306,316/.; hardware, 25,545/. Gambia: cotton goods, 130,324/. ; kola nnts, 72,598/.; rice, 62,459/.; spirits, 8,513/.; tobacco, 8,250/.;

bullion and specie, 384,784/.