878

GERMAN EMPIRE

The following table shows particulars of the production of the foundries in Germany and Luxemburg in 1910 and 1911 (provisional) : —

—

Quantity in metric tons I 1910

14,793,604

221,396

159,851

34,926

420

5

11,394

1,616,336

Value in

sterling

1910

40,142,650 4,969,950 2,067,000 2,119,300 1,532,750 645,950 1,556,750 2,155,600

Quantity in

metric tons

1911

Value in

sterling

1911

Pig iron .

Zinc

Lead

Copper .

Silver

Gold

Tin. . .

Sulphuric acid

15,280,527

235,776

161,287

37,452

440

5

12 412

1,534,465

£ 42,525,550 5,717,950 2,207,600 2,200,700 1,606,650 693,750 1,974,800 2,031,050

In 1912 the total output of pig iron was 17,852,571 tons.

IV. Fisheries.

In 1907 the persons engaged in fishing numbered 33,665, of whom 15,811 were employed in sea and shore fishing, and 17,854 on inland waters. In 1911, 701 boats, with an aggregate crew of 6,876, were engaged in deep-sea fishing in the North Sea. In 1910, the yield of the North Sea fisheries was valued at 825,963Z., and the Baltic fisheries, 392,443/. : total value of fish caught, 1,908, 304Z. Fresh fish, valued at 2,389,150/., in 1910 were imported ; in 1911, 2,603,250/.

V. Manufactures.

The chief seats of the German iron manufacture are in Prussia, Alsace- Lorraine, Bavaria, and Saxony, Steel is made in Rhenish Prussia, Saxony is the leading State in the production of textiles, but Westphalia and Silesia also produce linen ; Alsace-Lorraine, Wiirttemberg, Baden, and Bavaria produce cotton goods. Woollens are manufactured in several Prussian pro- vinces, also in Saxony and Bavaria ; silk in Rhenish Prussia, Alsace, and Baden. Beetroot sugar is an important manufacture in Prussia, Brunswick, Anhalt, and Bavaria, &c. ; glass, porcelain, and earthenware in Silesia, Thuringia, Bavaria, and Saxony ; clocks and wooden ware in Wiirttemberg and Bavaria ; and beer in Bavaria, Prussia, Saxony, Baden, Hamburg, Bremen, &c.

The following are the statistics of the beetroot sugar manufacture in the ZoUgebiet : —

Years beginning

Number of Factories

365 358 356 354 342

Beetroot used in Metric Tons

Production in Metric Tons

No. of Kgs.

Beetroot to

produce 1

Kg. of Sugar

1 August

Raw Sugar

Molasses

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

13,482,750 11,809,182 12,892,068 15,748,981 9,060,575

2,017,071 1,980,387 1,947,580 2,512,928 1,407,781

287,266 275,395 282,411 328,058 292,935

6-69 5-96 6-62 6-27

6-47