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produced throughout the world in 1854. The metals selected are gold, 
silver, mercury, ia copper, zinc, lead and iron. The aggregate of 
these are as follow 
Pon meee Mereary. ae Copper. Zine. pest. Iron. 
ons, ons, ons, ons, ons, 
481 ‘950 2, 965,2 200 4, 200, 000 13; 660 58, 900 60, 550. 133,000 — 5,817,000 
The product of the United States in gold is set down at 200,000 pounds, 
Australia and Oceanica at 150,000, and Russia at 60,000, Mexico and 
South America 47,100. Of silver, the New World supplies 2,473,700, 
son pe oo only the ‘small residue of 491,500 Ibs. for all other 
countries. Of mercury, Spain gives the world 2, 500,000 Ibs. and the 
United State 100, 000 Ibs. England and Australia furnish over half of 
all the copper produced by the world: the present product of the Uni- 
ted States being in this metal only 3,500 tons. Prussia and Belgium 
furnish four-fifths of all the zinc used in the world (viz. 16,000+-33,600 
tons, nik the United States 1,000,000 tons. France is the wat xt ticét 
productive country in iron, 600 0001 tons. Russia sheds but 200,000 
tons, and Sweden 150,000 tons, Set ae ie a very small relation 
to the celebrity of product of those 
he following table exhibits the Seialrt 08 value of the metallic 
productions of different countries, from which may be seen the ratio of 
their production, as compared, first, with that of this country taken’ as 
oe unit, and, secondly, with that of Great Britain. 





yen’ -* — Rate. of podeetion: 
U. States. |Gr't. Britain. 
United States, os $9, fa ja 1: 56 
Great erieia, =onee - - - - 96,169,80 1-205 1 
Sodtialie, Py. eR: ONAL 9,428,00 494 512 
‘ eS iia ee tele hits 80,480,000 382 1 
Russian Empire, ¥ tabtdue slacks ea 0,00 316 16 
ce ee ee 15,252,500 191 4°15 
Chili, gS a wee 13,144,000 165 2°15 
Rest of South America, oe ae 16,176,000 *208 6 
Austrian rite’ Eeaaplre; Goss RNG. He 11,708,000 147 18 
Prussia, - “0 4b weabter aay ,680,000 121 “10 
Belgian, tina? Riley obese eens ,000 118 10 
Spain, - SSeS Ae - 8,016,416 100 12 
Sweden and Norway, iS 5,460,896 068 17 
Baxaiy, 68 sat ahi, OA Ee ag 1,455,000 018 67 
~ pool, hain @tenogel Ve 1,147,588 014 86 
Hele, tesimecinrek tude lotiaies 500 010. | 1120 
Switmerland, 9a oF ons on isectneee 375,000 005 |. 1240 - 





The great importance of our own metallic resources will be at once 
oi from an inspection of the above: table. It will be seen that 
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