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7,131,000 other cattle, 1,909,000 sheep, and 3,205,000 swiue. The wool clip in 1911 amounted to 9,450,000 pounds of wool, value 1,621,620 dollars.

There are valuable forests in Eastern Texas yielding yellow pine. The State has excellent oyster and other fisheries.

The coal mines of Texas in 1911 yielded an output of 1,974,593 short tons, valued at 3,273,288 dollars. The production of petroleum was 9,526,474 barrels (of 42 gallons), valued at 6,554,552 dollars. Quick- silver was produced to the amount of 3,320 flasks of 75 pounds, valued at 154,413 dollars, being 20 per cent, of total production of United States during 1910. Other minerals worked were salt (385,200 barrels, valued at 279,537 dollars), cement, gypsum, granite, sandstone,, lime- stone. The clay j^roducts (chiefly bricks) amounted to the value of 2,659,919 dollars. The value of the mineral output (including some gold and silver, coal products, cement, asphalt, lead, zinc, sulphur, and phosphates) amounted in 1911 to 18,817,304 dollars.

In 1910 there were in the State 4,588 manufacturing establishments with an aggregate capital of 216,876,000 dollars, 9,849 salaried officers, and 70,230 wage-earners. The cost of material used in the year was 178,179,000 dollars, and the value of the output was 272,896,000 dollars. Statistics of some industries (1910 census) are : —

Industries

Capital

Wage- earners

Cost of Material

Value of Output

Flour and grist Cotton-seed oil and cake Lumber and timber Slaughtering and packing Railway cars, &c,. Foundry and machine work Rice cleaning, &c. . Brewing ....

Dollars

13,219,000

21,506,000

45,552,000

12,438,000

9,362,000

8,241,000

3,820,000

7,027,000

Number 1,216

3,073

23,578

3,639

9,782

2,925

430

765

Dollars

28,657,000

23,439,000

11,004,000

37,410,000

5,546,000

3,859,000

7,122,000

1,695,000

Dollars

32,485,000

29,916 OOU

32,201,000

42,530,000

13,359,000

8,068,000

8,142,000

6,464,000

Other important industries are printing and publishing (aggregate output 11,587,000 dollars in 1910), bakery and confectionery, planing-mill work, cotton manufactures, copper-work, ice manufacture, and lead smelting and refining.

A large trade pas^ses through the port of Galveston, where in 1911 the imports from abroad were valued at 773,019Z. and the exports to foreign countries at 41,094,407/. The exports comprise cotton, grain, flour, meat products, &c., the produce of many States and Territories. Galveston is by far the most important outlet for the cotton grown in the United States, and as a commercial port it is now second only to New York. The harbour channel is being deepened. Wharves are being extended and piers built providing space for new warehouses. A permanent causeway is being built to connect Galveston with the mainland. The level of the town has been raised so as to protect it from storms. The United States has constructed an immigration station at a cost of 70,000 dollars. The rail- ways in the State (June 30, 1910) have a length of 13,819 miles. The principal lines are the Soiithern Pacific, the Texas Pacific, and the Colorado Southern. Piailway construction is actively proceeding. There are 550 miles of electric railway track. The long coast line with its good harbours facilitates traffic by sea.

British Consul at Galveston. — Alexander Spencer Perceval.

There is also a vice-consul at Galvescon.