996

ITALY

This total is exclusive of secondary produce valued at about 3'2 niillious of lire annually. The forest jtroduce thus amounts to 156 millions of lire (6,240,000?.). From 1867 to December 31, 1910, 34,189 hectares were re- planted by or with assistance from the Government.

III. Mines and Minerals.

Production in metric tons (1 metric ton = 2,204 lbs., or 1,016 metric tons = 1,000 English tons) of metallic ores and other minerals in 1911 : —

Ores, &c.

i

Produc-

Metric

Lire

Workers

tive mines 31

tons t 373,786

Iron ....

.

6,767,519

2,055

Iron manganese .

. i

1

1

6,842

58,338

98

Manganese .

1 •

9

3,515 I

110,120

165

Copper ....

1

9

68,136

1,225,593

797

Zinc ....

'

139,719

■ 38,458 550

15,369.972

]

Lead ....

88

6,540,149

- 14,318

Lead and zinc

24,500

Silver ....

'

1

24

27,700

43

Gold ....

1

2,080 :

83,200

37

Antimony, argentiferous

3

2,441

81,644

304

Mercury

9

97,803

4,664,597

949

Iron and cuprous pyrites

10

165,273

3,141,044

2,142

Mineral fuel .

35

5.^^7,137

5,021,506

3,061

Sulphur ore .

352

2,682,766

31,097,336

19,293

Asphaltic and bituminous

substances .

.

18

188,681

3,065,027

1,861

Boric acid

)liite,

12

2,648

1,006,240

442

Totals (including graj

petroleum and

other

minerals) .

•

650

1

—

82,434,891

47,0011

1 Exclusive of 2,501 workers in non-productive tiiines. Of the total number of workers, 1,371 were female.

The quarries of Italy employed in 1911, 70,767 persons (1,182 females), the output of building and decorative stone being valued at 41, 955, 969 lire (marble, 24,076,076 lire). The total output Avas valued at 61,048,203 lire in 1911.

In 1911 there were 99,354 persons employed at lime and brick kilns, whose output was of the value of 173,595,764 lire.

IV. Fisheries.

On December 31, 1910, the number of vessels and boats employed in fishing was 27,422, with an aggregate tonnage of 75,872. These numbers include 50 boats of 457 tons engaged in coral fishing. There were 121,076 fishermen, of whom 6,230 were engaged in deep-sea or foreign fishing. The value of the fish caught in 1909 (excluding foreign fishing) was estimated at 22,407,000 lire ; the value obtained from tunny-fishing was 3,485,000 lire and from coral-fishing 486,000 lire, the quantity being estimated at 50,350

kilogrammes.