422 APPENDIX. 



B. 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 im- 

 portance for import. For coal and coke France is still 

 tributary to Belgium, to this country, and to Germany ; 

 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 imports are : raw cotton 

 (from 12,440,000 to 18,040,000 in 1903-1910), raw 

 wool (from 15,160,000 to 23,200,000), and raw silk 

 (from 10,680,000 to 17,640,000), as we)l as hides and 

 furs, oil-seeds, and machinery (about 10,000,000). 

 The exports of manufactured goods were 80,000,000 

 in 1890, and in subsequent years from 119,000,000 

 to 137,000,000. Exports of textiles, exclusive of yarn 

 and linen, 29,800,000 in 1890, and 34,440,000 in 

 1908-1910 ; while the imports of all textiles are in- 

 significant (from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000). 



C. GROWTH OF INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA. 



The growth of industry in Russia will be best seen 

 from the following : 



188O-S1. 1893-94, 1910. 



Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 



Cast iron. . . . 8,810,000 26,450,000 61,867,000 



Iron 5,770,000 9,700,000 \ 



Steel 6,030,000 9,610,000 / 



