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 TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

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the principal metals and minerals produced in Austria in the years 1864- and 1867, and their value at the place of production in 1867 : —

Value at the

Quantities

Average Price, at

Metals and Minerals

Place of Production

1864 J

1867

1867

Florins

Gold. . . Pfund

3,598

3,562

2,406,041

Silver „

81,926

81,378

3,655,643

Quicksilver. . Centner

5,384

5,944

723,958

Tin

462

591

33,812

Zinc. . . „

26,917

40,296

495,956

Copper. . . „

50,839

47,930

2,377,840 1

Lead and litharge. ,,

133,552

136,668

1,770,884

Iron, raw and cast. ,,

5,696,934

5,705,761

16,709,039

Graphite. . „

114,825

279.355

271,123

Mineral coal. . „

45,310,803

108,488,390

17,332,283

The total length of railways in the empire open for traffic at the end of January 1869, with the length of lines under construction, and that for which concessions had been given at the same date, was tbl lows : —

Cisleithan Austria. Transleithan Austria

Whole empire.

Open for Traffic. Austrian Miles

In Construction. Austrian Miles

Concessions. Austrian Miles

6198 331-5 951-3

English Miles 4,517

2117 146-5 358-2

English Miles 1,696

238-7 124-0 362-7

English Miles 1,719

The following tabular statement shows the strength of the com- mercial marine of Austria. It gives the number, tonnage, and crews of all the vessels belonging to Austrian subjects on the 31st of December 1868 : —

Sailing Vessels : — International traders. Coasters .... Fishing smacks Steamers (14,359 h.-power)

Total.

Number of Vessels

Tonnage

Crews

523

2,678

4,555

74

226,335 49,978 13,839 34,263

5,689

8.277

11,940

2,073

7,830

324,415

27,979

Of great importance for the commerce of the empire is the ' Gesellschaft des Oesterreichischen Lloyd,' a trading society esta- blished at Trieste in 1833, and which commenced in 1836 to run