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Palm Oil from other ports—
1856. | 1857. | Increase. | |||||
Benin River, | 2,500 | tons. | 2,650 | tons. | 150 | tons. | |
Palma, | 2,250 | tons.“ | 3,250 | tons.“ | 1,000 | tons.“ | |
Badagry, | 1,250 | tons.“ | 1,250 | tons.“ | |||
Porto Novo, &c., | 4,000 | tons.“ | 4,500 | tons.“ | 500 | tons.“ | |
Whydah, | 2,500 | tons.“ | 2,500 | tons.“ | |||
Ahguay, &c., | 1,800 | tons.“ | 2,500 | tons.“ | 700 | tons.“ | |
14,300 | tons. | 16,650 | tons. | 2,350 | tons. | ||
From Lagos, | 3,884 | tons.“ | 4,942 | tons.“ | 1,058 | tons.“ | |
Total shipment in 1857, | 21,592 | tons. | 3,408 | tons. |
The export of Oil and Nuts from Sierra Leone:
palm oil exported from sierra leone during the years
1850, | 285,032 | gallons, |
1851, | 212,577 | gallons,“ |
1852, | 307,988 | gallons,“ |
1853, | 181,438 | gallons,“ |
1854, | 304,406 | gallons,“ |
1855, | 364,414 | gallons,“ |
1856, | 463,140 | gallons,“ |
Total, | 2,118,985 | gallons, equal to 6,835 tons. |
Custom House, Sierra Leone, 18th February, 1857.
Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
quantity of palm-nut kernels exported from the colony:
1850, | 4,096 | bushels, |
1851, | 2,925 | bushels,“ |
1852, | 46,727 | bushels,“ |
1853, | 29,699 | bushels,“ |
1854, | 25,39912 | bushels,“ |
1855, | 65,388 | bushels,“ |
1856, | 90,282 | bushels,“ |
Total, | 264,51612 | bushels, equal to 6,612 tons. |
Customs, Sierra Leone, 30th January, 1857.