PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY
1207
The revenues and expenses of the State forests during six years are given in the following table (in 1,000 roubles) : —
Years
1905 1906 1907
Revemie | Expenses ! Net profit
53,191 58,203 59,845
10,226 10,751 1 2,356
42,965
47,452 47,489
Years Revenue ! Expenses
1908 1909 1910
61,712 66,687
74,778
19,054 20,761 22,852
Net profit
42,658 45,926 51,926
III. Mining and Metals.
The soil of Russia is rich in ores of all kinds, and mining industry is steadily increasing. The statistics during five years are given in the following table : —
Goldi
?!^'iSU,e^
Lead
Zinc
Cop- per
Pig [Iron and Iron Steel 4
i Coal
"ff- 8«>0
Year
1
!
Kilogrammes Tons
Thousands of tons
1906 1907 1908
28,911 31,118 49,890 56,796 63,646
5,685 1,564 5,301 2,141 4,885 9,598
997 512 523
9,928 9,955 9,960
9.162 13,037 17 125 18,432
22,329
2,648 2,773 2,820
2,231 2,364
2,407
21,459 24,537 25,886
7,229 7,675 8,737
1,703 1,836
1,880
1909 1910
5,118 15,413 5.479 14,847
794
1,285
9,606 10,667
2,835 2,985
2,398 2,969
26,736 25,094
9,304 9,474
2,276 2,035
1 Unrefined (schlich gold) ; on the average it produces about 88 per cent, fine gold. 2 Crude. 3 Unrefined silver extracted from argentiferous lead ores ; on the average
it produces ahout 92 per cent, fine silver. 4 Rolled of all kinds.
The following table gives the production of pig-iron in the different regions of Russia for five years, in thousands of pouds ^ : —
1907
1908
1909
1 QIO
ion
South Russia .
111,075
117,415
122,879
126,385
39,071
4,694
145
15,300
147,747
Ural and Siberia Central Russia . N. & N. W. Russia . Poland . ...
38,511
4,808
214
17,387
35,836
4,908
120
12,793
34.914
4,226
110
13,166
44,867 5,223
21,161
Total .
171,995
171,072
175,295
185,595
219,075
1 1,000 pouds = 16-121 tons.
The quantities of iron and steel worked in the above-mentioned regions of Russia for five years, in thousands of pouds, were :
—
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
South Russia .
Ural
Central Russia . Volga Region . N. & Baltic Region . Poland
73,161
30,307
7,761
7,417
8,214
19,781
75,511
31,641
6,407
7,289
7,20
17,32
88,978
33,588
7,364
6,291
6,622
17,191
98,885 36,962 8,928 8,418 10,484 20,490
112,743
37,172
9,425
7,560
13,183
22,619
Total . . .
146,541
145,375
160,034
184,167
202,702 '
The annual consumption ot pig-iron and of all sorts of iron and steel (reduced to pig-iron), is seen from the following table for five years in thousands of pouds : —
