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1883. 1893. 1910. 



Tons. Tons. Tons. 



Coal 55,943,000 76,773,000 152,881,500 



Lignite .... 14,481,000 22,103,000 69,104,900 



Iron ore .... 8,616,000 12,404,000 28,709,700 



Zinc ore .... 678,000 729,000 718,300 

 Mineral salts (chiefly 



potash) . . . 1,526,000 2,379,000 9,735,700 



Since 1894 the iron industry has taken a formidable 

 development, the production of pig-iron reaching 

 12,644,900 metric tons in 1909 (14,793,600 in 1910), 

 and that of half-finished and finished iron and steel, 

 14,186,900 tons ; while the exports of raw iron, which 

 were valued at 1,195,000 in 1903, doubled in seven 

 years, reaching 2,250,000 in 1910. 



E. MACHINERY IN GERMANY. 



The rapid progress in the fabrication of machinery 

 in Germany is best seen from the growth of the 

 German exports as shown by the following table : 



1890. 1895. 1907. 



Machines and parts 



thereof 2,450,000 3,215,000 17,482,500 



Sewing-machines and 



parts thereof . . . 315,000 430,000 1,202,500 



Locomotives and loco- 

 mobiles .... 280,000 420,000 1,820,000 



Three years later the first of these items had already 

 reached 25,000,000, and the export of bicycles, motor- 

 cars, and motor-buses, and parts thereof, was valued at 

 2,904,000. 



Everyone knows that German sewing - machines, 

 motor-bus frames, and a considerable amount of tools 

 find their way even into this country, and that German 

 tools are plainly recommended in English books. 



