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/.
