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having been then incorporated. Included in the Zollverein are also the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Austrian communes of Jungholz and Mittelberg. A few districts in Prussia (2,362 inhabitants), in Baden (3,805 inhabitants), in Bremen (659 inhabitants), in Hamburg (6,235 inhabitants in 1895), remain still unincluded. Population of the entire Zollgebiet in 1895, 52,485,807.

The following table shows (in thousands of marks) the special trade for six years : —

Years

Imijorts

Exijorts

Years

Imports

Exports

1892 1893 1894

4,227,004 4,134,070 4,285,533

3,150,104 3,244,562 3,051,480

1805 1896 1897

4,246,111 4,557,951 4,864,644

3,424,076 8,753,822 3,786,241

The following are the principal details of the special commerce for 1896 and 1897 :—

—

1896

1897

Imports in

Exports in

Imports in

Exports in

1,000 marksll.OOO marks

1,000 marks 180,444

1,000 marks

Living animals

157,749

23,951

23,210

Animal products

117,498

26,361

153,064

31,300

Articles of consumption.

1,324,266

426,752

1,434,261

492,447

Seeds and plants

53,237

32,500

44,343

27,882

Fuel

116,854

165,157

130,375

177,972

Fats and oils ....

245,395

31,656

236,602

30,861

Raw and manufactured ma-

terials : —

Chemicals, drugs, &c.

284,225

360,743

285,109

358,581

Stone, clay, and glass

64,014

155,005

68,756

151,089

^letals and metal wares

471,500

658,929

455,316

585,912

Wooden wares.

274,173

124,550

382,269

147,159

Paper goods

21,776

106,985

23,630

105,786

Leather, &c.

211,353

216,480

236,461

230,500

Textiles ....

1,040.828

957,422

1,033,546

917,117

Caoutchouc, &c.

45,639

31,916

49,763

37,483

Machinery, instniments, &c.

69,888

212,656

86,335

230,551

Hardware, &c. ...

18,495

100,854

20,965

109,948

Literature, art, &c.

41,061

120,727

43,405

127,549

Various

Total ....

—

1,178

—

894 3,786,241

4,557,951

3,753,822

4,864,644

In Germany, the average value of each article is fixed annually, under the direction of the Imperial Statistical Office, by a commission of experts, who receive information from Chambers of Commerce and other sources. There are separate valuations for imports and exports. The price fixed is that of the goods at the moment of crossing the frontier. For imports the price docs not include Customs duties, cost of transport, insurance, ware-