I ANY. 





>>ut ai-tuitllt f- r I: 

 1 f ih- - a Britain 



eottttteroafts of Rnfflan<r "tsule ttra 



' - :- 



of 



: 



. . -- 

 r. taking 



ided todisc 



niul niifc'l.- jr.. u. |.|K r. an<l 



the rival goods as compered with the 



ha- DOOM I- be fSgai . ' !!.!.-!. 



a* n haul* in dutaiit 



<MI 111 IHU'I. while tli..-. 

 off SP" 



MK' ^tiu.'i in 1896 at 



The merrlunt navy of Germany on Jan. 1. 18ML 



" 



' 



I 



- 



000,000. lit i|uniitity ih- (irrman ' !- 



lu.r a ml' manufaci 



Thr ,-nV. t . f .. ni H M . ' , .i !,.., ir -. 

 alarm in France as well as in England. Th. 



lmn tho-M- .-f Krancr. *l 



than Germany 's anesx fa population, this bring 25 

 per ilr at j.r.M-nt 



- -et sugar come 



Cotton goods as thini in im|.rtum . . 



ranking fourth, conl fifth. ID 

 ^ .in- -M-M-nlh. aixl clothing nml 

 eighth. In most of these the Ennbli fonm-rly con* 



mark. is ,,f thr w.-rld. 



^J.OOO marks. 

 mines has risen from 2ft 1 



lar- 

 gest share of Gorman n piece goods 



. of thr uholr but Kn^liiml takes 16 

 per cent. -f th.-M-. ui.l m-arly nil thr w.*.|. 



piece gocxN t! States takes 21 



f thr*'. an. I of thr o.ttoii h than 



The development of thr rottn m.li.- 

 ihenomennL r-jM-i inl!\ 



y a third 



:i Alaci-l^orr.-i rmaii 



exports of iiii^lr. blt. nmi r.-l irn in. r.-a^-i 



.liinnt: . 



i.l in f..- 



man export* of br iri 

 tons, while KnglMi > \- ! MU.OOO 



lOM, 



Naviirutlon and Shipping. T tr of 



Teesele ent-r.-! at (irrman \>r\+ ilurint; 1H04 was 



..f hi. I. 



l.'i tons, werr with carpicK ami ! 

 1.1 <>1.285 tons, in ballast. The total numl 

 *a, 7l.!'^. ,.f i -,>;.:.-.-:: uwa, of whl h 58.6*8, ' 

 tons, were with carp* ainl 

 ia*t. Th- 



nml Ut>' 



irjjn** and 

 8UNO < 



sign ships, of 427.07' 1 .-nil in ball.-i-t. of 



the total numlier cleared 

 were German an 



half. 



.n^ an 11.11!'. " 1 .'-' 

 n l-.-.l l.-.^t . < if t h,- foreign res* 



i^i : i .-;-.'. of |MMO Urns. Dal ' 

 wepan : and 508. of Mil. 4ft t 

 .-m. Of ih,- t.>tl nuinU-r rlrarrtl milh 

 8,or -J.177.171 1.4H5, 



of 1JKH444 tone. OftneUn 



- \ -.-.:' 



' N-itli % i rti 'Jr. I ' 

 UM sjejr) 



r 1.061 

 were eon.' 

 were it sailing visnii and i 



.'1 ' ailmg eMrU and tfS 



\ . (..... 



ami 1.71*.* Ailing veeeali and t74 tlseni>rs under 



<*gB swtphiMing b a corner 

 ly new indnstn ' yard* are grratU 



ui and havr had man order* 

 tl>an f 71 



built f. r the Brfeiah tnerrhant navy. 54 wer 

 strooted in German >ani- tal loaaag 



.1, ,.i a rrmaria- 



1898. The German shipbuilders have U 

 to use (irrnian in | 



though tl more 



covtly. an : man iron manufacturer* hatr 



promiacd to increase largely * 



ati.l i'iit| ut in < : M.JII..1. and to 



work without a * at 



first, while th< 



.uN. In !-!.* M mar \t .ilt in Ger- 



man dorkyanU otiia* 



In IhM 



mar w i f-r nation* abroad in Sirtdn. 



_. nit.l Ki.l. m< ! ii ling S armored cruiser* and 

 l<edo boat* for ( hina ami *J toipedo crubers 

 and a -n/il. 



(. WtS? milee of rail* 



mads in operation at thr U ^ 

 8.082 tie hand < ' in|r.ir^. 



menu owned all the 



rest. 'lin- tota ..i m German rail- 



was 11.260.120,000 mark*. The receipt* in 

 1H05 were 1.416^51.000 marks, and U 



: .-1.0110 mark*. Icavin,; a net profit eooal to 4" 

 u the capital. There were 244.679.000 

 * of good* am) rattle transported, rwting 



injr 878.675.000 mark*. 



There 



are ft.880 milee of Mvkabls n*rr>. 1.371 

 mile* ..f .-amili. :.:! roile of canals. 



..lu.hiik- the K hrlm or Elbe 



Tana ml the Baltic, 



.-anal, brpin in Ji. 



>d at thebot- 



. t bmafl at tin* Mirface.and 2| feet deep. 

 Thr total .~t van aU-tit 156,000.000 marks. The 

 canal a* built primarily for naval 

 was expected to pay a profit from t 

 sjiafiaiieiit vessels, especially steamers. 11 

 the traffic of thr> lUlttr cana'l f.r the fir>t t. 

 has fallen considerably U I--* the estimates of thr 

 *nm.-nt. I luring* the first ve 



N passed throarn. and in iv: 

 second year. 22,081 veeseb. ofl^SW.^l t.r.v Tbe 

 official estimates were based on an -xt- :>! traffic 

 ' 5JSOO.OOO tons, yielding over 

 4.000.000 marks. The actual rcccij ts were 



