996
ITALY
This total is exclusive of secondary produce valued at about 3'2 niillious of lire annually. The forest jtroduce thus amounts to 156 millions of lire (6,240,000?.). From 1867 to December 31, 1910, 34,189 hectares were re- planted by or with assistance from the Government.
III. Mines and Minerals.
Production in metric tons (1 metric ton = 2,204 lbs., or 1,016 metric tons = 1,000 English tons) of metallic ores and other minerals in 1911 : —
Ores, &c.
i
Produc-
Metric
Lire
Workers
tive mines 31
tons t 373,786
Iron ....
.
6,767,519
2,055
Iron manganese .
. i
1
1
6,842
58,338
98
Manganese .
1 •
9
3,515 I
110,120
165
Copper ....
1
9
68,136
1,225,593
797
Zinc ....
'
139,719
■ 38,458 550
15,369.972
]
Lead ....
88
6,540,149
- 14,318
Lead and zinc
24,500
Silver ....
'
1
24
27,700
43
Gold ....
1
2,080 :
83,200
37
Antimony, argentiferous
3
2,441
81,644
304
Mercury
9
97,803
4,664,597
949
Iron and cuprous pyrites
10
165,273
3,141,044
2,142
Mineral fuel .
35
5.^^7,137
5,021,506
3,061
Sulphur ore .
352
2,682,766
31,097,336
19,293
Asphaltic and bituminous
substances .
.
18
188,681
3,065,027
1,861
Boric acid
)liite,
12
2,648
1,006,240
442
Totals (including graj
petroleum and
other
minerals) .
•
650
1
—
82,434,891
47,0011
1 Exclusive of 2,501 workers in non-productive tiiines. Of the total number of workers, 1,371 were female.
The quarries of Italy employed in 1911, 70,767 persons (1,182 females), the output of building and decorative stone being valued at 41, 955, 969 lire (marble, 24,076,076 lire). The total output Avas valued at 61,048,203 lire in 1911.
In 1911 there were 99,354 persons employed at lime and brick kilns, whose output was of the value of 173,595,764 lire.
IV. Fisheries.
On December 31, 1910, the number of vessels and boats employed in fishing was 27,422, with an aggregate tonnage of 75,872. These numbers include 50 boats of 457 tons engaged in coral fishing. There were 121,076 fishermen, of whom 6,230 were engaged in deep-sea or foreign fishing. The value of the fish caught in 1909 (excluding foreign fishing) was estimated at 22,407,000 lire ; the value obtained from tunny-fishing was 3,485,000 lire and from coral-fishing 486,000 lire, the quantity being estimated at 50,350 kilogrammes.
