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AUSTRIA

Total dependent on these industries over 7 millions.

There are 1,183 breweries, producing in the year 1911-12 22,636,057 hectolitres of beer. In 1909-10 there were 45,384 distilleries which produced 1,571,009 hectolitres of alcohol. In 1909-10 there were 191 sugar factories with 72,205 work-people, and in 1910 30 tobacco factories with 39,757 work-people, output 397,718 metric centners of raw tobacco.

Shipping and Navigation.

Commercial marine of Austria, January 1 : —

Vessels.

Tonnage. 1910

353,727 33,665

26,906

Crews. 1910

Vessels.

Tonnage.

Crews.

1910

181 1,597

13,696

Sea-going vessels Coasting vessels. Fishing vessels, &c

4,800 4,535

32,706

186 1,608

14,435

364,553 35,311

27,966

4,965 4,811

34,082

Total. ,.

15,473

414,298

42,041

16,229

437,830

43,858

Of the total (1911) 382 of 390,487 tons were steamers, and 15,847 of 47,343 tons were sailing vessels.

The progress of navigation is shown as follows for Austria alone : —

Year

Entered

Cleared

No.

Tonnage

No.

Tonnage

1908 1909 1910

146,500 162,112 166,773

19,083,162 2.3.104,634 24,498,021

146,417 161,995 166,061

19,070,226 23,115,636 24,283,240

Of the vessels entered and cleared, an average of 89 per cent, and^ 91 per cent, of the tonnage were Austrian, Italy coming next, and Greece third. At Trieste in 1911, 12,434 vessels of 4,235,106 tons entered, and 12,405 vessels of 4,245,962 tons cleared. Of the former, 83 of 256,026 tons, and of the latter, 84 of 262,607 tons were British.

Internal Communications.

In 1909 the total length of navigable rivers and canals in Austria was for rafts only, 2,405 miles ; for vessels and rafts, 1,643 miles ; of which 824 miles were navigable for steamers.

The river traffic during live years was as follows : —

Danube Steam Navigation Cqmpanj'

Vereinigte Elbeschiffahrts-

Gesellschaften- Aktien-

gesellschaft.

Year

Number of

! Goods

Passen- 1 and

gers 1 Luggage

(including shipj.ed,

njilitary) ^ in metre-

1 centners

Number of

Goods carried.

Steam- boats

Tow- boats

Steam- boats

in metre-

Tow- boats

centners

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

141 136 186 135 185

816 887

851 856

860

2,034,397 i 22,175,540 2 192,428 ' 20,086.640 2 238,004 22,249,070 2,149,660 22,650,200 2.389,603 i 24,363,630

101 167 160 162 159

352 1,105 1,063 1,009 1,002

28,775,153 39,547,618 48,574,688 48,516,094 81,387,321