906
FRANCE : — TUNIS
The fisheries are principally in the hands of Italians and Tunisians. In 1919, 2,489 boats (5,894 tons) were engaged in this industry, with a total of 9,548 men. Sardines, anchovies, allaches, tunny (5,513 tons of fish, valued at 514,6902, in 1919) were caught.
Commerce.
Commerce. — The imports and exports in recent years have been to the following amounts (including precious metals) : —
1915
1916
1917 ,
1918
1919
Imports Exports
£ 4,289,860 5,021,476
£ 5,370,213 4,751,798
£ 5,681,667 5,026,883
£ 8,297,703 5,181,928
£ 11,430,440 8,081,155
Imports and exports in 1919 were :-
Imports
Textiles 1 . . , Colonial produce . Marble, stone, and minerals Manufactured metals Hides .... Yarns .... Timber .... Animal products Mealy foods
Paper .... Chemicals
Value
£
2,761,535 2,185,263 1,310,626 S97,976 444,325 349,485 852,376 338,827 227,502 185,586 169,074
Exports
Grain, mealy food .
Oils
Marble, stone, minerals
Crude metals
Beverages and wines
Textiles .
Animal products .
Fruits and seeds .
Fishery products .
Live Animals
Chemicals
2,835,123
1,165,373
1,058,889
430,867
366,251
231,276
206,614
134,129
77,942
76,474
72,000
1 These goods coming chiefly from England. The distribution of the trade in 1919 was as follows :-
Country
Imports
Exports
£
Country
j Imports
£
Exports
£
£
France
! 3,692,349
5,197,285
Tripoli
88,713
154,394
United Kingdom .
[ 2,684,243
624,037
Brazil.
i 235,275
—
Algeria
537,052
819,821
British India
! 237,548
—
Italy .
1 811,377
525,348
Egypt
j 149,800
54.00S
U.S. of America .
I 873,099
7,375
Malta
62,150
98,517
Japan .
446,084
China .
154,427
—
Spain .
293,678
35,242
Sweden
! 145,007
—
Helgiuin
10,534
301,415
.Switzerland
81,775
5,160
In the year 1919 there entered the ports of the Regency 8,615 vessels of 1,614,355 tons ; and cleared 8,471 of 1,587,977 tons.
Good roads to the length of 2,878 miles have been constructed between 1882 and 1919.
Length of railways, 1,044 miles on January 1, 1920.
There were in 1919, 2,287 miles of telegraphs; 479 telegraph offices; messages (1919), 1,830,130. In 1919 urban telephone systems had 845 miles of line ; inter-urban systems had 3,137 miles of wire. There were in 1919, 492 post offices ; letters sent and received, internal service, 37,835,304 ; external service, 53,101,516.
