APPENDIX. 



A. FRENCH IMPORTS, 



ABOUT one-tenth part of the cereals consumed in France is 



still imported ; but, as will be seen in a subsequent chapter, 



the progress in agriculture has lately been so rapid that even 



without Algeria France will soon have a surplus of cereals. 



Wine is imported, but nearly as much is exported. So that 



coffee and oil seeds remain the only food articles of durable 



importance for import. For coal and coke France is still 



tributary to Belgium and this country; but it is chiefly the 



inferiority of organisation of coal extraction which stands in 



the way of the home supply. The other important items of 



iimports are : raw cotton (about ,8,000,000 of net imports), 



Taw wool to the same amount, and raw silk (about 



,.5,000,000), as well as hides and furs. The exports of 



manufactured goods were ,80,000,000 in 1890 and about 



,74,000,000 in subsequent years. Exports of textiles, ex- 



clusive of yarn and linen, ,29,800,000 in 1890, and 



^25,500,000 in 1891-4. Imports of all textiles, ,6,900,000 



in 1890, and ,4,800,000 in 1891-4. 



B. GROWTH OF INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA. 



The growth of industry in Russia will be best seen from 

 the following : 



18801. 1893-4. 



Cwts. Cwts. 



Cast iron 8,810,000 25,450,000 



Iron 5,770,000 9,700,000 



Steel 6,030,000 9,610,000 



Railway rails 3,960,000 4,400,000 



Coal 64,770,000 160,000,000 



Naphtha 6,900,000 108,700,000 



Sugar 5,030,000 11,470,000 



Raw cotton, home grown . . . 293,000 1,225,000 

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