PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

1207

The revenues and expenses of the State forests during six years are given in the following table (in 1,000 roubles) : —

Years

1905 1906 1907

Revemie | Expenses ! Net profit

53,191 58,203 59,845

10,226 10,751 1 2,356

42,965

47,452 47,489

Years Revenue ! Expenses

1908 1909 1910

61,712 66,687

74,778

19,054 20,761 22,852

Net profit

42,658 45,926 51,926

III. Mining and Metals.

The soil of Russia is rich in ores of all kinds, and mining industry is steadily increasing. The statistics during five years are given in the following table : —

Goldi

?!^'iSU,e^

Lead

Zinc

Cop- per

Pig [Iron and Iron Steel 4

i Coal

"ff- 8«>0

Year

1

!

Kilogrammes Tons

Thousands of tons

1906 1907 1908

28,911 31,118 49,890 56,796 63,646

5,685 1,564 5,301 2,141 4,885 9,598

997 512 523

9,928 9,955 9,960

9.162 13,037 17 125 18,432

22,329

2,648 2,773 2,820

2,231 2,364

2,407

21,459 24,537 25,886

7,229 7,675 8,737

1,703 1,836

1,880

1909 1910

5,118 15,413 5.479 14,847

794

1,285

9,606 10,667

2,835 2,985

2,398 2,969

26,736 25,094

9,304 9,474

2,276 2,035

1 Unrefined (schlich gold) ; on the average it produces about 88 per cent, fine gold. 2 Crude. 3 Unrefined silver extracted from argentiferous lead ores ; on the average

it produces ahout 92 per cent, fine silver. 4 Rolled of all kinds.

The following table gives the production of pig-iron in the different regions of Russia for five years, in thousands of pouds ^ : —

1907

1908

1909

1 QIO

ion

South Russia .

111,075

117,415

122,879

126,385

39,071

4,694

145

15,300

147,747

Ural and Siberia Central Russia . N. & N. W. Russia . Poland . ...

38,511

4,808

214

17,387

35,836

4,908

120

12,793

34.914

4,226

110

13,166

44,867 5,223

21,161

Total .

171,995

171,072

175,295

185,595

219,075

1 1,000 pouds = 16-121 tons.

The quantities of iron and steel worked in the above-mentioned regions of Russia for five years, in thousands of pouds, were :

—

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

South Russia .

Ural

Central Russia . Volga Region . N. & Baltic Region . Poland

73,161

30,307

7,761

7,417

8,214

19,781

75,511

31,641

6,407

7,289

7,20

17,32

88,978

33,588

7,364

6,291

6,622

17,191

98,885 36,962 8,928 8,418 10,484 20,490

112,743

37,172

9,425

7,560

13,183

22,619

Total . . .

146,541

145,375

160,034

184,167

202,702 '

The annual consumption ot pig-iron and of all sorts of iron and steel (reduced to pig-iron), is seen from the following table for five years in

thousands of pouds : —