86 



RUSSL\ - CREDIT 



in thousands of quintals, was as follows, compared with the corresponding 

 figures for Europe and for the whole world : (i) 



The great agricultural reform now taking place in Russia (2), as well 

 as the active colonisation of immense areas in Siberia and the intensific- 

 ation of the methods of cultivation will lead to a further great increase of 

 this production. 



A very considerable part of the Russian crop has long been exported. 

 In recent years the weight and value exported have been as follows : 



Quantity of Russian Grain Exported in the Years 1906-1911. 



Year 



In Thousands of Fouds (i) 



Wheat 



Rye 



Barley 



Total (2) 



1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 



219,995 

 141.674 

 89,803 

 314,469 

 374,590 

 240,486 



65.336 

 45.164 

 24,910 

 35,499 

 40,538 

 53.873 



148,810 

 132,665 

 161,389 

 219,202 

 244,701 

 262,200 



69,544 

 21,137 

 29,374 

 74.663 

 83.947 

 85,059 



590,758 

 470,382 

 404,930 

 761,939 

 848.553 

 821,057 



(i) The Russian Poud = 16 kg. 38, 



(2) Including other grains and various kinds of Meal. 



(i) These figures are reproduced from the Annuaire international de statistique aqricole 

 (International Yearbook qf Agricultural Statistics), published by the International Institute 

 of Agriculture (Year 1910), Rome, 1912. 



(2) See " General Outlines of the New Russian I^and Reforms ", in the Bulletin of Econ- 

 omic and Social Intelligence, November, 1913 and January, 1914. 



