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GERMAN EMPIRE

Shipping at the principal ports in 1910 :-

With Cargoes

In Ballast

Total

Number

Net tonnage

Number

Net tonnage

Number

Net tonnage

Hamburg :i—

Entered. . 13,734

11,607,046

1,773

846,861

15,507

12,453,907

Cleared

12,522

8,743,136

4,487

3,998,085

17,009

12,741,221

Bremen .2—

Entered

2,976

1,575,463

398

109,998

3.874

1,685,461

Cleared

2,701

1,089,117

671

576,2b7

3,372

1,665,404

Stettin :—

Entered

4,501

1,515,493

143

48,505

4,644

1,563,998

Cleared

3,662

1,051,950

920

533,350

4,582

1,685,300

Entered

3,368

585,878

100

4,031

3,468

589,909

Cleared

538

52,776

2,596

445,690

3,134

498,466

lAi beck : •" —

Entered

3,143

803,209

230

24,503

3,873

827,712

Cleared

2,475

451,200

905

377,718

3,380

828,918

Nenfalirwasser

(Danzig):—

Entered. . 3,036

732,155

458

163,587

3,494

895,742

Cleared. . ' 2,866

640,543

615

248,997

3,481

889,540

Rostock : —

(Warnemiinde)

Entered. . 3,028

1,152,122

177

29,007

3,200

1,181,129

Cleared. . 2,867

1,102,290

350

90,281

3,217

1,192,571

1 Excluding Cuxhavcn.

- Excluding Breraerhaven and Vcgcsack. '^ Excluding Travemiiude.

Internal Communications.

I. Railways.

Out oi' 38,747 miles of railway open for traffic 2,917 miles belonged to private companies. The following table gives some details : —

Total Length,

Percentage

Years

in English

Total Capital

Exjjenditure

Receipts

on Capital

miles

£

£ 77,485,000

122,432,850

of Suri>lus

1905

35,235

735,166,100

6-11

1906

35,760

! 759,843,550

85,305,050

132,054,800

6-15

1907

36,200

1 789,697,700

95,218,600

137,904,650

5-41

1908

37,026

1 821,379,310

99,753,320

112,350,000

4-36

1909

37,441

851,853,011

100,933,477

115,950,000

4-92

1910

38,747

875,917,215

103,725,098

152,524,442

5-57

In 1910, 531,527,817 metric tons of goods, including live cattle, were carried, and paid 1,903,193,721 marks ; the number of passengers in 1910 was 1,541,278,095, yielding 835,031,618 marks.

In 1910 there were 2,809 miles of tramway, and 6,404 miles ' Kleinbahnen.

The length of railway line of normal and narrow gauge respectively