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AUSTRIA
Total dependent on these industries over 7 millions.
There are 1,183 breweries, producing in the year 1911-12 22,636,057 hectolitres of beer. In 1909-10 there were 45,384 distilleries which produced 1,571,009 hectolitres of alcohol. In 1909-10 there were 191 sugar factories with 72,205 work-people, and in 1910 30 tobacco factories with 39,757 work-people, output 397,718 metric centners of raw tobacco.
Shipping and Navigation.
Commercial marine of Austria, January 1 : —
Vessels.
Tonnage. 1910
353,727 33,665
26,906
Crews. 1910
Vessels.
Tonnage.
Crews.
1910
181 1,597
13,696
Sea-going vessels Coasting vessels . Fishing vessels, &c
4,800 4,535
32,706
186 1,608
14,435
364,553 35,311
27,966
4,965 4,811
34,082
Total . , .
15,473
414,298
42,041
16,229
437,830
43,858
Of the total (1911) 382 of 390,487 tons were steamers, and 15,847 of 47,343 tons were sailing vessels.
The progress of navigation is shown as follows for Austria alone : —
Year
Entered
Cleared
No.
Tonnage
No.
Tonnage
1908 1909 1910
146,500 162,112 166,773
19,083,162 2.3.104,634 24,498,021
146,417 161,995 166,061
19,070,226 23,115,636 24,283,240
Of the vessels entered and cleared, an average of 89 per cent, and^ 91 per cent, of the tonnage were Austrian, Italy coming next, and Greece third. At Trieste in 1911, 12,434 vessels of 4,235,106 tons entered, and 12,405 vessels of 4,245,962 tons cleared. Of the former, 83 of 256,026 tons, and of the latter, 84 of 262,607 tons were British.
Internal Communications.
In 1909 the total length of navigable rivers and canals in Austria was for rafts only, 2,405 miles ; for vessels and rafts, 1,643 miles ; of which 824 miles were navigable for steamers.
The river traffic during live years was as follows : —
Danube Steam Navigation Cqmpanj'
Vereinigte Elbeschiffahrts-
Gesellschaften- Aktien-
gesellschaft.
Year
Number of
! Goods
Passen- 1 and
gers 1 Luggage
(including shipj.ed,
njilitary) ^ in metre-
1 centners
Number of
Goods carried.
Steam- boats
Tow- boats
Steam- boats
in metre-
Tow- boats
centners
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
141 136 186 135 185
816 887
851 856
860
2,034,397 i 22,175,540 2 192,428 ' 20,086.640 2 238,004 22,249,070 2,149,660 22,650,200 2.389,603 i 24,363,630
101 167 160 162 159
352 1,105 1,063 1,009 1,002
28,775,153 39,547,618 48,574,688 48,516,094 81,387,321
