222 



FIELDS, FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. 



Cottons, spinning . . 

 weaving 

 ,, printing and dyeing 



1889. 



. 7,410,000 18,760,000 

 . 9,970,000 22,230,000 

 . 6,110,000 7,280,000 



C. IRON INDUSTRY IN GERMANY. 



The following tables will give some idea of the growth of 

 mining and metallurgy in Germany. 



The extraction of minerals in the German Empire, in 

 metric tons, which are very little smaller than the English 

 ton (0.984), was: 



Production of same per head of 

 population 



103 



232 



For the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg the proportion is 

 still more striking : 



Iron ore raised 



Pig iron produced (1871) . 

 Steel, begun to be produced in 1886 

 only ...... 



Workmen employed .... 



Tons. 



722,000 



93,400 



20,554 

 3,5o8 



1893. 

 Tons. 

 3,352,000 

 558,300 



129,120 

 7,087 



(From the Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, vol. xlviii., 1895, 

 p. 6.) 



