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Show I Tha lllttaat l'nlr of Tnaka. nyils report upon toe trado and camcrce or Zanzibar for last year AUng Consul Kettcll Cornish states tlt,iho finest tusks on record In East A.1cji, and probably larger than havo ewryet been obtained In any part of tbworld, camo through Zanzibar last yer.1 The elephant from which they wn (obtained was shot by an Arab nor Kilimanjaro. These tusks, which coiltted or perfect Ivory, without a padejle ot disease, measured over ton anttj half feet from top to base, nnd welhcd 22 1 pounds, and :J pounds resfctlvely. They were sold for 1 5.(0 j Tho nearest approach In bulk to ll pair were found about ten years sgoand weighed 180 pounds each. Tbe Vere, however, diseased to tome exist |