. Seaways of the empire; notes on the geography of transport. reasing quantity is exported in bulk. SouthAfrican coal is to be found on the Indian Railways, andat Bombay and Colombo, where it is sold side by sidewith Indian, Australian, and Welsh. The traffic is smallat present, but its growth will tend to enhance theadvantage of the return voyage via India and the SuezCanal. On a small scale, it is operating in the same wayas the vast coal export of the United Kingdom as a factorin the economical employment of shipping; though thedevelopment of South African coal will not assist in thesolutio
. Seaways of the empire; notes on the geography of transport. reasing quantity is exported in bulk. SouthAfrican coal is to be found on the Indian Railways, andat Bombay and Colombo, where it is sold side by sidewith Indian, Australian, and Welsh. The traffic is smallat present, but its growth will tend to enhance theadvantage of the return voyage via India and the SuezCanal. On a small scale, it is operating in the same wayas the vast coal export of the United Kingdom as a factorin the economical employment of shipping; though thedevelopment of South African coal will not assist in thesolution of the problem of direct trade with Europe. There is one other possible source of return cargowhich must be noticed, since it lies very near to the directroute. We marked a branch from the main line cl trafficdiverging to the west coast of tropical Africa; the questionarises, whether this region, with its very different pro-ducts, could supplement the South African cargoes forEurope. Let us consider the trade of part of this area. 20 SEAWAYS OF THE EMPIRE. Fig. Africa and Australasia : SOUTH AFRICA 21
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