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l-.)!, -'ft:. 771

20«,2«'.0,2-i".)

207,223,727

1«5S,8,'>4,711

Hour, wlieat. and rvo .

fO,f,7.S,2J4

113,093.183

8«?,494,CSI

25,103,209

Uyo

^•2,117, mi

29,843,'>t»8

01,918,415

85,190,098

liarlcy .

f.:>.:«4,739

45, 51 J, 402

72,128,278

M, 067,603

Oats

3.s.7i'8,<VJ6

S1,352,41S

41,441 807

83,t.tW,80:.

Pofato.fldur .

s. 775,043

2J,200,817

8,322,968

20,091,485

liuckwlicaf

'J,Cn'7,7'-'3

082,449

2,.S00,2:»9

789.582

Flax

sr,7,9r,b

23.430,199

1,010,021

29.032,727

Beetroot

777,17>«

3,21»4,940

>y-M>,:-24

3,042,«»71

I>:lhs, slirulis and tre. .•,

l.',7ltl,0y4

l'.,?30,483

2/>3iy ••.18

15,1M,141

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64,8n0.00fJ

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3,l,s8,000

•»,h46,000

2,:.46,«>00

II. Mixing and M.\nupacturk.s.

A few coal mines are found in the province of Limbur^' ; most of tliem belong to the State. The quantity of coal extracted in 1911 wa.s 1,476,580 metric tons, valued at 9,488,000 gl. ; clear revenue of the State mines, 218,437 gl.

There are no ofHcial returns of all the manufacturing industries. Acrording. to the last reports there were, in 1911: 434 distilierics, 11 .stigar refineries, 27 l»eet-sugar refineries, 34 salt works, 437 breweries and G9 vinegar mami- factf »i ies.

III. FlSl!KllIK.S.

In 1910, 5,370 vessels of all kinds were engaged in the fisheries, with flews numbering about 20,461. The jiioduce of the honing fi:>hery in the Xorlli Sea was valuL-d at 11,049,693 guilders in 1911. The quantity of oysters producol in 191 1 amounted to 3,256,691 kilos.

Commerce.

The Netherlands is a free-trading jountiy. A few dutns are levied, I'Ut they have only a h.^cal, not a protectionist character.

Treaties of coinniereo and imvi^^ation Ketwccn tin- Nithcrlaiuls and Great liritain (some of them having ^Kcial reference to tlic eolonie.s) were hi^rned in 1824, 18:^<7, l.'^61, ISoO, and 1889, providing, amongst other matters, for tlio 'most favoured nation' trentment, ter- minable on a year's notice.

No official returns are kept of the value of the general trade, but only • if the weight of the goods. In 1872 the total imports were t-stimated at 6,451 million kilogrammes, and the exports at 2,956 millions ; while in 1911 the former were .^0,865 million kilogrammes, ami the latter 38,372 millions, exolusive of goods in tran>it.

The following are the estimates of lhi> imiK>rt.s for home consumption and the exports of home produce for five years : —

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