INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF GOLD. 



637 



Director of the Mint that the final compilation of figures will show- 

 that the production was " somewhere between $290,000,000 and 

 $300,000,000!" 



Gold Production of the World. 



Countries. 



Fine ounces 



North America. 



United States 



Canada 



Newfoundland 



Mexico 



Central America . . . 



South America. 



Argentina 



Bolivia 



Brazil 



Chile 



Colombia 



Ecuador 



Guiana (British) . . . 

 Guiana (Dutch) 

 Guiana (French) . . . 



Peru 



Uruguay 



Venezuela 



Europe. 

 Austria-Hungary . . . 



France 



Germany 



Italy 



Norway 



Russia 



Sweden 



Turkey 



United Kingdom. . . 

 Asia. 



China 



India (British) 



Japan 



Korea 



Malay Peninsula . . . 



Borneo 



Africa. 

 Witwatersrand 

 Other districts, 



S. A. R 



West Coast 



Rhodesia 



Madagascar 



Australasia, 7 colo 



nies 



1897. 



Totals , 



2,774,935 



299,467 



3,000 



344,498 



25,399 



15,235 



3,144 



70,732 



68,096 



188,679 



6,430 



101,505 



32,983 



59,859 



5,78 



6,880 



39,384 



105,397 



10,513 



90,921 



10,325 



650 



1,046,965 



3,702 



387 



2,032 



321,296 



353,147 



34,509 



34,918 



25,000 

 4,837 



2,511,544 



232,466 

 24,276 



19,351 

 2,520,333 



11,399,475 



Kilo- 

 grammes. 



Value. 



84,870.5 



9,164.0 



93.3 



10,715.0 



789.9 



473.8 



98.0 



2,200.0 



2,118.0 



5,868.7 



199.9 

 3,156.9 

 1,025 8 

 1,861.7 



180.0 



214.0 

 1,224.9 



3,278.2 



327.0 



2,780.9 



316.0 



20.0 



32,408.2 



133.3 



12.0 



62.5 



9,992.8 



10,983.4 



1,073.3 



1,086.0 



777.6 



150.6 



78,112.6 



7,230.0 

 755.0 



601.8 

 77,130.6 



351,486.2 



1898. 



Fine ounces 



$59,210,795 



6,190,000 



62,010 



7,121,189 



525,000 



314,907 



65,000 



1,462,120 



1,407,544 



3,900,000 



132,900 



2,098,098 



681,748 



1,237,310 



119,628 



114,600 



814,067 



2,178,556 



217,304 



1,879,357 



213,431 



13,508 



21,538,490 



76,524 



8,000 



42,001 



6,641,190 

 7,299,554 

 713,300 

 721,765 

 516,750 

 100,000 



51,913,607 



4,805,072 

 501,793 



400,000 

 52,095,338 



$237,332,456 



Kilo- 

 grammes. 



3,110,788 



686,502 



3,000 



365,032 



25,399 



15,235 



3,144 



84,633 



68,096 



188,679 



6,430 



88,617 



28,273 



66,593 



5,787 



6,880 



39,384 



105,397 



10,513 



90,921 



10,325 



653 



1,216,100 



3,702 



387 



2,032 



321,296 



369,018 

 34,509 

 34,918 



25,000 

 4,837 



3,554,746 



229,528 

 24,276 

 10,000 

 19,351 



2,945,426 



13,805,407 



95,200.7 



22,071.1 



93.3 



11,354.0 



789.9 



473.8 



98.0 



2,591.0 



2,118.0 



5,868.7 



199.9 

 2,756.0 



8P.5.3 

 2,038.0 



180.0 



214.0 

 1,224.9 



3,278.2 



327.0 



2,780.9 



316.0 



20.0 



37,217.0 



133.3 



12.0 



62.5 



9,992.8 



11,479.3 



1,073.3 



1,086.0 



777.6 

 150.6 



108,790.0 



7,024.3 

 742.9 

 306.3 

 601.8 



91,024.7 



425,333.1 



Value. 



$64,300,000 



14,190,000 



62,010 



7,668,866 

 525,000 



314,907 



65,000 



1,750,000 



1,407,544 



3,900,000 



132,900 



1,861,393 



584,421 



1,376,477 



119,628 



114,600 



814,067 



2,178,556 



217,304 



1,879,357 



213,431 



13,508 



25,136,994 



76,524 



8,105 



42,001 



6,641,190 

 7,753,150 

 713,300 

 721,765 

 516,750 

 100,000 



73,476,600 



4,744,350 

 501,793 

 206,700 

 400,000 



61,480,763 



$286,218,954 



The above table, showing the estimated production of gold 

 from all parts of the world in 1897 and 1898, is abstracted from the 

 Annual Statistical Number of the Engineering and Mining Journal 

 (January 1, 1899), and, although these figures may differ somewhat 



