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RUMANIA
The forests of Rumania have an aggregate area of 6,935,120 acres, of which 2,712,582 are State owned and 4,222,539 acres are privately owned. The principal forests are oak (713,430 acres), beech, oak, &e., (692,620 acres), beech (543,540 acres), pine and fir (311,120 acres), larch, maple, elm, willow, walnut. The export of wood in 1909 was 48,367 tons.
In December 1900 Rumania had 864,324 horses, 2,589,526 cattle, 5,655,444 sheep, 232,515 goats, and 1,709,205 swine.
Coal and petroleum are worked and the latter is now exported in consider- able quantities. Petroleum springs, both government and private, are worked at Prahova, Dambovitza, Bacau, and Buzau. The total output reached in 1900, 250,000 metric tons ; in 1909, 1,296,403 ; in 1910, 1,352,299 ; in 1911, 1,544,072. Of the total exported, 26'5 per cent, went to the United Kingdom, 17*5 per cent, to France, and 8 per cent, to Germany.
Commerce.
The values of the imports into and exports from Rumania, exclusive of gold and silver (in sterling) were : —
Years
Imports
Exports
Years
Imports 1 Exports
1905 1906 1907
£
13,510,500 16,884,600 17,220,400
£ 18,284,100 10,054 400 ! 22,157,100
1908 1901)
1910
1
£ ! £ 16,.562,600 15,157,900 14,728,902 18,602,265 16,388,623 24,660,195
A Treaty of Comnierce and Navigation providing for the most favonred nation treat- ment between Rumania and Great Britain was signed at Bucharest on October 31, 1905.
Imports and exports are estimated in accordance with values settled by a Commission appointed from time to time.
The import duties amounted in 1905 to 1,063,870L ; in 1900 to 1,648,200?. ; in 1907 to 1,889,100Z. ; in 1908 to 1,990,570?.
In 1910 the chief imports and exports were as follows (in eli or francs) : —
Imports
Exports
Merchandise
1910
Merchandise | 1910
1
Lei
' Lei
Metals and manufactures .
98,971,773
Cereals and products . 489,821,008
Vegetable textiles & manuf.
60,185,245
Wood and timber
25,192,207
Ready-made clothing .
20,719,783
Petroleum, &c. .
38,897,160
Wool, hair and manuf.
36,245,079
Animal products
! 4,826,201
Machinery ....
39,219,229
Vegetables, Ac. .
34,730,967
Vegetables, seed, &c.
7,360,366
Hides, &c. .
2,977,694
Hides, &c
14,919,473
Living animals .
5,951,725
Fruits
12,627,370
Wool, hair, &c. .
2,482,483
Trees, timber and manuf. .
10,447,200
Fruits .
2,400,107
Silks and manuf. .
] 4,982,405
Mineral waters .
1,325,199
Rubber, gutta-percha, &c. .
7,547,790
Chemicals ....
8, 259,. 885
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In two years the trade was mainly distributed as follows :-
