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RUMANIA
other facilities for the development of mining industries. Coal and petroleum are worked, but the out-put of the latter is of inferior quality. Salt- mining is a State monopoly, the mines being worked by convicts.
Other industries are the manufacture or preparation of paper, cement, sugar, woollen goods, hides, and timber.
Commerce.
The following table shows the value (in 1,000 lei) of the commerce for five years : —
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1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Imports . Exports .
1,000 lei 430,490 370,652
1,000 lei- 422,142 294,198
1,000 lei
304,575 265; 048
1,000 lei 337,923 324,057
1,000 lei 355,782 224,180
The following, according to Rumanian returns, shows the value of the commerce in 1897 of the leading countries (imports from and exports to) with which Rumania deals : —
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Ger- many
iSSn ^"«t"^ France ^^
Turkey Russia
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Imports Exports
1,000 lei
98,987
6,532
1,000 lei-
78,759 54,675
1,000 lei 96,645 55,406
1,000 lei
23,915
5,092
1,000 lei 14,467 75,938
1,000 lei 15,476 11,614
1,000 lei 8,163 3,608
1,000 lei
11,196
7,107
1,000 lei 4,166 169
The following are the values of the leading articles of import and export in 1897 :—
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Imports
Exports
—
Imports
Exports
Textiles , Metals anc
metal goods Hides, leather
&c. Wood . Glass and pot
tery . Chemicals Oil, wax, &c.
I
1,000 lei 150,000
74,900
16,000 5,700
7,600
28,800
7,300
1,000 lei 2,600
1,900
1,600 6,700
100
Cereals
Animals & ani- mal products
Fruits, vege- tables, &c. .
Drinks
Paper
Fuel
Various ,
Total .
1,000 lei 5,400
8,400
23,800
1,000
6,000
10,100
10,800
1,000 lei 179,800
6,300
14,800 2,600
2,200 4,700
335,800
224,200
The following table, taken from the Board of Trade Returns, shows the value of the imports into Great Britain from Rumania, and of the domestic exports from Great Britain to Rumania, for five years : —
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1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
Imports into Great Britain Exports to Rumania
£ 4,218,174 1,397,449
£ 3,992,134
1,316,867
£ 2,118,505 891,917
£ 3,204,111
1,286,582
£ 3,258,503 1,340,231
