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THE statesman's YEAR-BOOK, 1913
Cemus of Manvfactures.—The following statement of the value of the products (inclu- ding repairs) of the principal indusiiies for the year ended March, 1911, is taken from the census of manufactures, &c., in 1911 :— ________„_________>__=— .^
Manufactories, Works, &c.
Value of Products
Total value of i)roduotion in 1910-111 . . . .
Principal Industries.
Meat freezing and preserving Ham and hacon curing . Butter and cheese factories . Grain mills .... Biscuit factories Fruit preserving & jam making Sugar boiling & confectionery Breweries , . . . • Malthouses . . . . Aerated water . . . . Soap and candle works . Boiling-down works Bone mills and manure works Sawmills, sash & door factories Grass-seed-dressing establish- ments .... Gasworks.
Electric light supx>ly works Lime and cement . Brick, tile and pottery . Tin- ware ....
31,729,002
7,304,676 371,621
3,919,184
1,248,001 108,122 135,506 2^:>9,498 634,759 152,773 250,571 268,635 117,511 80,716
2,699,888
27.5,693 623,209 124,951 184,686 235,220 160.584
Manufactories, Works, &c.
Value of Product:.
Iron and brass foundries
boilermaking, &c. Engineering
Electrical engineering . Range-making works Printing and bookbinding Agricultural implements Coach building and painting Cycle works Saddlery and harness Tanning, fellmongering and
wool-scouring Ship and boat-building yard Sails, tents and oilskins . Furniture and cabinet-making Woollen mills . Tailoring .... Dressmaking and millinery Chemical works Boot and shoe factories . Hosiery .
Clothing and waterproofs Rope and twine Bags and sacks (fibroas) . Flax mills Paper bags and boxes
374,155
751,485
69,673
82,600
1,377,926
222,040
396,012
92,141
220,364
2,036,770 143,019
92,249 497,681 377,713 936,237 575,059
49,S6<) 619,873 140,442 507,125 104,325
50,871 284,399
02,051
1 Excluding the value of the output of the Government railway workshops (701,175/.) and of the Government printing office (89,293^.).
ARGENTINA.
The trade with the principal countries was as follows in 1912, as compared with
1911 :—
Imports of Merchandise. Exports of Merchandise.
Country.
1911.
United Kingdom
Germaiiy
United States .
France
Italy . . . .
Belgium
Spain . . . .
Sliipped " for orders '
Other countries
Total value
Pesos. 108,637,430 65,862,211 52,353,390 38,026,555 29.345,979 19,485,211 11,279,465
1912,
Pesos.
118,669,226 63,941,503 59,126,951 37,618,578 32,487,152 20,370,530 11,928,307
41,820,445 i 40,711,222
1911,
Pesos. 91,841,231 43,073,014 24,300,464 39,692,434 13,586,663 35,625,605
2,177,729 36,357,095 38,043,303
366,810,686 \ 384,853,469 \ 324,697,538
1912.
Pesos.
121,373,358 53,995,175 32,391,148 36,052,009 21,147,962 37,258,225 3,582,495
114,903,510 59,687,374
480,391,256
BELGIUM. The total production of coal in Belgium during 1912 amounted to 22,983,460 tons, against 23,125,140 tons in 1911 and 23,927,230 tons in 1910.
