914
GERMAN EMPIRE: — HAMBURG
Public debt, January 1, 1912, 769,451,838 marks (38,472,59U.), iucurred chiefly for public works.
Commerce and Shipping.— Hamburg is the principal seaport iu Germany. Value of imports and exports by sea : —
—
1907
1908
1909
1910
1,000?. 190,771 156,170
1911
1
1,000J. Imports ... 1 178,8(55 Exports . . . ! 140,111
1,000?. 159,968 128,335
1,000?. 176,223 136,624
1.000?. 210,032 168,469
Precious metals are not included in the above figures ; value of such imports in 1911, 3,764, 389Z. ; exports, 1,442,099Z. Vessels entered and cleared : —
Entered
Cleared
Total
Year
Ships
Tons
Ships
Tons
Ships
32,980 32,592 34,132 34,602 35,803
Tons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
16,473 16,330 17,015 17,358 17,965
12,040,461 11,914,250 12,184,268 12,656,281 13,176,469
16,507 16,262 17,117 17,244 17,838
12,103,209
11,738,768 12,339,129 12,756,786 13,198,677
24,143,670 23,653,018 24,523,397 25,413,067 26,375,146
Vessels entered and cleared with cargoes only
Entered
Cleared Total
1
Year
Ships
Tons
Ships
Tons Ships
Tons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
11,777 11,667 11,757 12,582 12,494
10,939,916 10,941,701 11,226,346 11,573,272 12,054,015
11,935
11,874 12,466 12,785 13,781
8,024,986 23,712 7,773,501 23,541 8,112,040 24,223
8,776,798 , 25,367 9,325,981 ; 26,275
18,964,902 18,715,202 19,338,386 20,350,070 21,379,996
Number and tonnage
of British vessels entered and cleared : —
Entered
With
Cleared
Year
"With Cargoes
In Ballast
Cargoes
In Ballast
Ships
Tons
Ships
Tons
Ships
Tons
Ships
1,730 1,643 1,646 1,390 1,275
Tons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
3,918 3,678 3,678 3,364 3,226
3,872,553 3,757,339 3,860,271 3,563,151 3,653,227
204 167 162 175 147
336,938 237,753 209,822 252,977 197,622
2,391 2,197 2,193 2,148 2,110
1,936,302 1,815,479 1,815,877 1,861,968 1,919,798
2,269,854 2,158,597 2,250,684 1,952,737
1,930,622