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 GERMANY.

In the smelting establishments there were produced 16,162,897 centners of raw iron in streaks or veins, 790,114 centners of raw steel iron, 1,1-40,150 centners of casting ware from ore, 3,814,737 centners of casting ware from raw iron, 3,286,780 centners of bar iron and rolled iron, 1,386,000 centners of iron plate, 701,342 centners of iron wire, 1,427,179 centners of steel, 84,276 lbs. of gold, 148,689 lbs. of silver, 713,163 centners of lead (' Kaufblei '), 74,140 centners of litharge, 15,892 centners of lead plates, 66,768 centners of rose copper, 52,895 centners of wrought copper, 43,402 centners of brass, 1,184,956 centners of sheet or bar zinc, and 349,509 cent- ners of zinc plates, making a total of 37,389,783 centners in 1,744 works, of which 1,177 were in Prussia.

The total length of railways in Germany, open and under con- struction, was as follows at the end of June 1870 : —

States of the Empire

Lines open for traffic

Lines in course of construction

Total

Prussia and minor States Bavaria ..... Wiirtemberg .... Saxony ..... Bade ..... Hesse

English miles

3,650

1,089

622

581

551

56

English miles

3,511

542

4

138

172 47367

7,161 1,631 626 719 551 228

Total ....

6,549

10,916

The subjoined tabular statement exhibits the growth of the com- mercial intercourse between Germany and the United Kingdom, giving the total value of the exports from the states of the Empire, including the Hanse towns, to Great Britain and Ireland, and the total value of the imports of British home produce into them, in each of the ten years 1860 to 1869 :—

Exports from Germany

Imports of British Home

to Great Britain

Produce into Germany

I860

14,898,813

13,356,210

1861

13,668,373

12,968,329

1862

14,801,309

12,654,814

1863

14.168.046

13.415,991

1864

14,790,335

15,388,233

1865

16.222,243

17.758,779

1866

18,592,259

15,652,185

1867

18,331,725

20,421,738

1868

17,653,553

22,671.140

1869

is.::., i. in i

22,841,745

It will be seen from the preceding table that while the exports from Germany to the United Kingdom increased to the amount of