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Ch. 12: Commerce of Ivory

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452 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT
The following figures give the value of imported manu­factures of ivory, both animal and vegetable, "except as elsewhere specified." This necessarily excludes many ob­jects in which ivory has been used for decoration, but where it does not constitute a component of greatest value:
The corresponding figures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, were $34,943.27, and for the year ending June 30, 1914, $51,697.69. To this should be added, for dice, dominoes, draughts, chessmen, and for billiard, pool, and bagatelle balls of ivory, bone, or other materials, $61,108 in 1913, and $67,789 in 1914.
The duties on unmanufactured ivory have varied less in
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