People have the most hazy notions of tne potential value for Empire trade of Nigeria, to which, by the way (as to other parti of West Africa) the United States are paying more and more attention. The British Empire Producers' Organisation advises a perusal of the address on Nigeria, delivered to the Liverpool Geographical Society by Mr. Copland-Crawford (President, Nigeria). " The greatest of all your tropical possessions with the exception of India " is the way the lecturer summed up his subject. The area of Nigeria is, in fact, some 330,000 square miles—or larger than the combined areas of Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Denmark and Serbia. The revenue has increased threefold in ten years —from £1,000,000 in 1904 to £3,000,000 in 1013 —and trade in the same period has increased proportionately.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 13
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