Year

Number exported

Value.

Average value of each.

Year.

Number exported

Value

Average value of each.

Rs.

Rs.

c.

1613

Rs. 470757

Rs.

c.

1863

173

28690

165

84

1882

25

10100

404

00

1864

294

45920

156

19

1883

86

40010

465

23

1865

271

72660

268

11

1884

51

21000

411

77

1866

103

63250

614

07

1885

17

9700

570

59

1867

148

23280

157

29

1886

50

19100

382

00

1868

167

47450

284

13

1887

58

26000

448

27

1869

99

46500

469

69

1888

57

33550

588

59

1870

38

8050

211

84

1889

-

_

1871

74

17600

237

84

1890

42

31050

739

29

1872

53

22270

420

19

1891

48

34350

715

62

1873

83

28900

348

19

1892

24

26750

1114

58

1874

77

41302

536

39

1893

21

18400

876

19

1875

7

3500

500

00

1894

36

36000

1000

00

1876

3

1000

333

33

1895

12

10800

900

00

1877

1

500

500

00

1896

29

24700

851

72

1878

]

500

500

00

1897

9

9500

1055

55

1879

1

710

710

00

1898

3

4800

1600

00

1880

12

11205

933

75

1899

9

15750

1750

00

1881

8

7470

933

75

1613

470757

Total

2190

842317

Note

It will be seen from the above figures that the declared value of elephants exported from the Island during the last ten years is nearly double that of the previous ten years, probably owing to the demand which has recently arisen in England, America, and the Continent for elephants for Zoological Gardens and Circuses.

The value of elephants has been steadily increasing during the last forty years In the sixties the average value of each animal exported was Rs. 261.15 ; in the seventies Rs. 367.84 ; in the eighties Rs. 489.35 ; and in the nineties Rs. 910.30.