878
GERMAN EMPIRE
The following table shows particulars of the production of the foundries in Germany and Luxemburg in 1910 and 1911 (provisional) : —
—
Quantity in metric tons I 1910
- 14,793,604
221,396
159,851
34,926
420
5
11,394
1,616,336
Value in
sterling
1910
40,142,650 4,969,950 2,067,000 2,119,300 1,532,750 645,950 1,556,750 2,155,600
Quantity in
metric tons
1911
Value in
sterling
1911
Pig iron .
Zinc
Lead
Copper .
Silver
Gold
Tin. . .
Sulphuric acid
15,280,527
235,776
161,287
37,452
440
5
12 412
1,534,465
£ 42,525,550 5,717,950 2,207,600 2,200,700 1,606,650 693,750 1,974,800 2,031,050
In 1912 the total output of pig iron was 17,852,571 tons.
IV. Fisheries.
In 1907 the persons engaged in fishing numbered 33,665, of whom 15,811 were employed in sea and shore fishing, and 17,854 on inland waters. In 1911, 701 boats, with an aggregate crew of 6,876, were engaged in deep-sea fishing in the North Sea. In 1910, the yield of the North Sea fisheries was valued at 825,963Z., and the Baltic fisheries, 392,443/. : total value of fish caught, 1,908, 304Z. Fresh fish, valued at 2,389,150/., in 1910 were imported ; in 1911, 2,603,250/.
V. Manufactures.
The chief seats of the German iron manufacture are in Prussia, Alsace- Lorraine, Bavaria, and Saxony, Steel is made in Rhenish Prussia, Saxony is the leading State in the production of textiles, but Westphalia and Silesia also produce linen ; Alsace-Lorraine, Wiirttemberg, Baden, and Bavaria produce cotton goods. Woollens are manufactured in several Prussian pro- vinces, also in Saxony and Bavaria ; silk in Rhenish Prussia, Alsace, and Baden. Beetroot sugar is an important manufacture in Prussia, Brunswick, Anhalt, and Bavaria, &c. ; glass, porcelain, and earthenware in Silesia, Thuringia, Bavaria, and Saxony ; clocks and wooden ware in Wiirttemberg and Bavaria ; and beer in Bavaria, Prussia, Saxony, Baden, Hamburg, Bremen, &c.
The following are the statistics of the beetroot sugar manufacture in the ZoUgebiet : —
Years beginning
Number of Factories
365 358 356 354 342
Beetroot used in Metric Tons
Production in Metric Tons
No. of Kgs.
Beetroot to
produce 1
Kg. of Sugar
1 August
Raw Sugar
Molasses
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
13,482,750 11,809,182 12,892,068 15,748,981 9,060,575
2,017,071 1,980,387 1,947,580 2,512,928 1,407,781
287,266 275,395 282,411 328,058 292,935
6-69 5-96 6-62 6-27 6-47
