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FRANCE
The annual production of wine and cider appears as follows
Year
Hectares i under Vines ;
Wine,
thousands of
hectolitres
Wine Import, hectolitres
1 Wine Export, hectolitres
Cider in-o- duced lOOO's of hectolitres
1875
2,246,963
82,727
272,730
3,717,590
1885
1,990,586
28,536
8,183,666
2,602,773
19,955
1890
1,816,544
27,416
10,830,462
2,162,129
11,095
1891
1,763,374
30,140
12,278,376
2,049,268
9,280
1892
1,782,588
29,082
9,400,000
1,845,000
15,141
1893
1,793,299
50,070
5,895,000
1,569,000
31,609
1894
1,766,841
39,053
4,492,000
1,721,000
15,541
1895
1,747,002
26,688
6,356,000
1,696,000
25,587
1896
1,728,433
44,656
8,818,716
1,783,000
8,074
1897
1,688,931
32,350
7,529,000
1,774,862
6,789
1898^
1,706,513
32,282
1 6,555,000
1,381,000
10,637
1 First ten months.
The value of the crop of chestnuts, walnuts, olives, cider-apples, plums, and mulberry leaves in 1896 was estimated at 187,391,708 francs ; in 1897, at 171,132,758 francs. In Alpes-Maritimes, Var, and Corsica, the orange and lemon crop was estimated at 1,140,355 francs.
On December 31, 1897, the numbers of farm animals were : Horses, 2,899,131; mules, 205,715; asses, 361,414; cattle, 13,486,510; sheep, 21,445,113; pigs, 6,262,764; goats, 1,495,756.
Silk culture, with Government encouragement {primes), is carried on in 27 departments of France — most extensively in Gard, Drome, Ardeche, and Vaucluse. In 1897, 133,253 persons were employed in this industry; the production of cocoons was 7,760,132 kilogrammes ; 463,232 kilogrammes of cocoons were exported, valued at 4,053,280 francs, and 4,142,009 kilogrammes of raw silk, valued at 89,308,843 francs.
II. Mining and Metals.
In-France there were in 1896, 499 mines (out of 1,407 conceded mines) in work, with 152,125 workers. The annual yield was estimated at 33,811,705 tons, valued at 345,092,580 francs, as against 347,115,810 francs in 1894.
The following are statistics of the leading mineral and metal products : —
Year
Coal and lignite
Iron Ore
Pig Iron
Finished Iron
Steel
Tons
Tons
Tons
' Tons
Tons
1892
26,179,000
3,706,748
2,057,390
828,519
682,527
1893
25,651,000
3,517,438
2,003,096
808,171
664,032
1894
27,417,000
3,772,000
2,069,714
785,781
674,190
1895
28,019,893
3,679,767
2,003,860
756,793
714,523
1896
29,189,900
3,409,372
2,340,000
829,000
917,500
In 1896 there were ]U'oduced also : silver, 70,479 kilogrammes ; zinc. o5,585 tons; copper, 6,544 tons; nickel, 1,545 tons; aluminium, 370 tons,
