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THE statesman's YEAR-BOOK, 1S99

III. — The World's Phoduction of Gold and Silver.

According to statistics pulilislierl liy the Director of the United States Mint, the vahie of the gokl output (the dollar taken at 50 pence) and the weight of the output of silver in the various countries of the world in 1897 were as follows : —

Countries.

Gold.

Silver.

£

Ounces.

United States ....

11,948,700

53,800,000

Australia

11,599,000

15,951,546

Mexico

1,965,600

53,903,180

Russia.

4,841,900

284,625

Germany

•286,200

5,498,135

Austria- Hungary.

465,700

1,970,332

Sweden

17,500

20,728

Norway

—

162,198

Italy.

40,500

737.163

Spain.

—

5,779,357

Greece.

—

1,028,609

Turkey

1,500

225,225

France.

—

525,628

Great Jjritaiu

7,300

232,108

Canada

1,255,400

5,558,446

Argentina

28.700

383,470

Colombia

624,900

1,687,950

Bolivia

156,200

15,000,000

Ecuador

27,700

7,734

Chile.

193,400

6,440,569

Brazil.

250,800

—

Venezuela

197,200

—

British Guiana

478,000

—

Dutch Guiana

102,500

—

French Guiana

320,300

—

Peru.

130,800

9,784,680

Central America

98,000

1,564,875

Japan.

148,600

2,507,532

China.

460,200

—

Africa.

12,145,300

—

British India

1,509,700

—

Korea.

152,700

—

Other countries

17,900

41,990

Total

49,472,200

183,096,080

In 1897 the highest ]»rice of fine silver in London was 291|d. i)cr ounce ; the lowest was 23^d. ; the average was 27^%d. The value of the world's production of silver in that year would thus be about 21.027,440Z.