GERMANY.
In the smelting establishments there were produced 16,162,897 centners of raw iron in streaks or veins, 790,114 centners of raw steel iron, 1,1-40,150 centners of casting ware from ore, 3,814,737 centners of casting ware from raw iron, 3,286,780 centners of bar iron and rolled iron, 1,386,000 centners of iron plate, 701,342 centners of iron wire, 1,427,179 centners of steel, 84,276 lbs. of gold, 148,689 lbs. of silver, 713,163 centners of lead (' Kaufblei '), 74,140 centners of litharge, 15,892 centners of lead plates, 66,768 centners of rose copper, 52,895 centners of wrought copper, 43,402 centners of brass, 1,184,956 centners of sheet or bar zinc, and 349,509 cent- ners of zinc plates, making a total of 37,389,783 centners in 1,744 works, of which 1,177 were in Prussia.
The total length of railways in Germany, open and under con- struction, was as follows at the end of June 1870 : —
States of the Empire
Lines open for traffic
Lines in course of construction
Total
Prussia and minor States Bavaria ..... Wiirtemberg .... Saxony ..... Bade ..... Hesse
English miles
3,650
1,089
622
581
551
56
English miles
3,511
542
4
138
172 47367
7,161 1,631 626 719 551 228
Total ....
6,549
10,916
The subjoined tabular statement exhibits the growth of the com- mercial intercourse between Germany and the United Kingdom, giving the total value of the exports from the states of the Empire, including the Hanse towns, to Great Britain and Ireland, and the total value of the imports of British home produce into them, in each of the ten years 1860 to 1869 :—
Exports from Germany
Imports of British Home
to Great Britain
Produce into Germany
I860
14,898,813
13,356,210
1861
13,668,373
12,968,329
1862
14,801,309
12,654,814
1863
14.168.046
13.415,991
1864
14,790,335
15,388,233
1865
16.222,243
17.758,779
1866
18,592,259
15,652,185
1867
18,331,725
20,421,738
1868
17,653,553
22,671.140
1869
is.::., i. in i
22,841,745
It will be seen from the preceding table that while the exports from Germany to the United Kingdom increased to the amount of
