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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY — COMMERCE

421

1890

1892

19,583 201,288

1893

1894

1895

1896

Tons (1000). Value in 1000 frs.

20,366 268,503

19,411 181,406

20,535 191,292

20,451 193,357

21,252 202,010

The (luantity of iron ore imported in 1895 was 1,857,624 tons ; in 1896, 2,069,676 tons, mostly from Luxemburg.

The quantity and value of pig iron and manufactured iron produced were as follows : —

1892

753,268 38,716

189;}

' 745,264 1 36,052

1894

1895

1890 ,

Pig iron

Tons

Value (1,000 fr.)

818,597 40,828

1

829,234 40,207

948,023 ' 50,810

Manufactured iron Tons 1,000 fr. ,

479,008 64,879

48.5,021 61,873

453,290 57,589

445,899 55,729

449,032 64,004 1

Steel ingots Tons 1 Million fr.

260,037 23,277

273,113 22,929

405,661 33,011

407,634 31,018

598,974 : 50,511^ 1

Steel rails, &c. Tons 1,000 fr.

208,281 27,601

1

! 224,922

28,868

)

341,318 40,201

367,917 42,419

519,311 63,129

In 1896 there were 17 pig-iron works in activity and 3 unemployed ; 34

blast furnaces active and 9 inactive ; number of workmen, 3,305.

For the manufacture of iron there were 49 works active and 2 inactive ; 357 puddling furnaces active and 75 inactive ; number of workmen, 14,821. Of steel works there were 12 active and 2 inactive ; Martin and other furnaces, 9 active and 4 inactive ; Bessemer converters, 16 active and 15 in- active ; number of workmen, 5,382.

The value of the zinc produced in 1896 was 45,912 francs, and the workmen employed 4,970; value of lead, 5,149,000 francs ; of silver from lead, 3,189,000 francs ; number of workmen, 727.

In 1896 there were 123 sugar manufacturing establishments which turned out 199,844,000 kilogrammes of raw sugar, and 32 refineries giving an output of 71,729,000 kilogrammes. There were also 209 distilleries in operation, whose output was 546,470 hectolitres of alcohol at 50" G.-L.

In 1896 there were 422 fishing vessels of 9,981 tons, of which 432 vessels were engaged in deep-sea fishery and the value of the deep-sea fish caught was 2,981,833 francs.

Commerce. The value of the general commerce in the year 1896 was, imports 3,037,371,700 francs, and exports 2,720,302,115 francs; in 1897, imports 3,090,829,820 francs, and exports 2,837,271,890 francs. Of the general imports in 1897, those by sea were valued at 1,522,554,528 francs, and by land and river at 1,503,275,292