884
GERMAN EMPIRE
Shipping at the principal ports in 1910 :-
With Cargoes
In Ballast
Total
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
Hamburg :i—
Entered . . 13,734
11,607,046
1,773
846,861
15,507
12,453,907
Cleared
12,522
8,743,136
4,487
3,998,085
17,009
12,741,221
Bremen .2—
Entered
2,976
1,575,463
398
109,998
3.874
1,685,461
Cleared
2,701
1,089,117
671
576,2b7
3,372
1,665,404
Stettin :—
Entered
4,501
1,515,493
143
48,505
4,644
1,563,998
Cleared
3,662
1,051,950
920
533,350
4,582
1,685,300
Entered
3,368
585,878
100
4,031
3,468
589,909
Cleared
538
52,776
2,596
445,690
3,134
498,466
lAi beck : •" —
Entered
3,143
803,209
230
24,503
3,873
827,712
Cleared
2,475
451,200
905
377,718
3,380
828,918
Nenfalirwasser
(Danzig):—
Entered . . 3,036
732,155
458
163,587
3,494
895,742
Cleared . . ' 2,866
640,543
615
248,997
3,481
889,540
Rostock : —
(Warnemiinde)
Entered . . 3,028
1,152,122
177
29,007
3,200
1,181,129
Cleared . . 2,867
1,102,290
350
90,281
3,217
1,192,571
1 Excluding Cuxhavcn.
- Excluding Breraerhaven and Vcgcsack. '^ Excluding Travemiiude.
Internal Communications.
I. Railways.
Out oi' 38,747 miles of railway open for traffic 2,917 miles belonged to private companies. The following table gives some details : —
Total Length,
Percentage
Years
in English
Total Capital
Exjjenditure
Receipts
on Capital
miles
£
£ 77,485,000
122,432,850
of Suri>lus
1905
35,235
735,166,100
6-11
1906
35,760
! 759,843,550
85,305,050
132,054,800
6-15
1907
36,200
1 789,697,700
95,218,600
137,904,650
5-41
1908
37,026
1 821,379,310
99,753,320
112,350,000
4-36
1909
37,441
851,853,011
100,933,477
115,950,000
4-92
1910
38,747
875,917,215
103,725,098
152,524,442
5-57
In 1910, 531,527,817 metric tons of goods, including live cattle, were carried, and paid 1,903,193,721 marks ; the number of passengers in 1910 was 1,541,278,095, yielding 835,031,618 marks.
In 1910 there were 2,809 miles of tramway, and 6,404 miles ' Kleinbahnen.
The length of railway line of normal and narrow gauge respectively
