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RUMANIA

The forests of Rumania have an aggregate area of 6,935,120 acres, of which 2,712,582 are State owned and 4,222,539 acres are privately owned. The principal forests are oak (713,430 acres), beech, oak, &e., (692,620 acres), beech (543,540 acres), pine and fir (311,120 acres), larch, maple, elm, willow, walnut. The export of wood in 1909 was 48,367 tons.

In December 1900 Rumania had 864,324 horses, 2,589,526 cattle, 5,655,444 sheep, 232,515 goats, and 1,709,205 swine.

Coal and petroleum are worked and the latter is now exported in consider- able quantities. Petroleum springs, both government and private, are worked at Prahova, Dambovitza, Bacau, and Buzau. The total output reached in 1900, 250,000 metric tons ; in 1909, 1,296,403 ; in 1910, 1,352,299 ; in 1911, 1,544,072. Of the total exported, 26'5 per cent, went to the United Kingdom, 17*5 per cent, to France, and 8 per cent, to Germany.

Commerce.

The values of the imports into and exports from Rumania, exclusive of gold and silver (in sterling) were : —

Years

Imports

Exports

Years

Imports 1 Exports

1905 1906 1907

£

13,510,500 16,884,600 17,220,400

£ 18,284,100 10,054 400 ! 22,157,100

1908 1901)

1910

1

£ ! £ 16,.562,600 15,157,900 14,728,902 18,602,265 16,388,623 24,660,195

A Treaty of Comnierce and Navigation providing for the most favonred nation treat- ment between Rumania and Great Britain was signed at Bucharest on October 31, 1905.

Imports and exports are estimated in accordance with values settled by a Commission appointed from time to time.

The import duties amounted in 1905 to 1,063,870L ; in 1900 to 1,648,200?. ; in 1907 to 1,889,100Z. ; in 1908 to 1,990,570?.

In 1910 the chief imports and exports were as follows (in eli or francs) : —

Imports

Exports

Merchandise

1910

Merchandise | 1910

1

Lei

' Lei

Metals and manufactures .

98,971,773

Cereals and products . 489,821,008

Vegetable textiles & manuf.

60,185,245

Wood and timber

25,192,207

Ready-made clothing .

20,719,783

Petroleum, &c. .

38,897,160

Wool, hair and manuf.

36,245,079

Animal products

! 4,826,201

Machinery ....

39,219,229

Vegetables, Ac. .

34,730,967

Vegetables, seed, &c.

7,360,366

Hides, &c. .

2,977,694

Hides, &c

14,919,473

Living animals .

5,951,725

Fruits

12,627,370

Wool, hair, &c. .

2,482,483

Trees, timber and manuf. .

10,447,200

Fruits .

2,400,107

Silks and manuf. .

] 4,982,405

Mineral waters .

1,325,199

Rubber, gutta-percha, &c. .

7,547,790

Chemicals ....

8, 259,. 885

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In two years the trade was mainly distributed as follows :-