The Statesman's Year-Book Volume 42

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...rich coal and iron ore fields; and the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg rich iron ore fields. The annual quantities of the principal minerals raised in five years are shown in the following table, the returns for 1902 being provisional only:--The total value of the minerals raised in Germany and Luxemburg in 1902 was 1,236 million marks; in 1903, 1,312 million marks. The following table shows particulars of the production of the foundries in Germany and Luxemburg in 1902 and the number of foundries engaged principally or partly with each metal in 1902:--In addition to the above, about 2,664 kilograms of gold, valued at 7,431,000 marks, were produced. Nickel, bismuth, vitriol, and other chemical manufactures were produced to a total weight of 41,021 tons, and to a total value of 17,414,000 marks. The total value of the productions of the foundries of all kinds in 1902 was 672,824,000 marks. The total quantity of finished iron produced in Germany and Luxemburg in 1902 was 9,892,756 metric tons, and its value 1,230,197,000 marks. In 1902 there were in Germany and Luxemburg 1,673 works producing finished iron, including steel-works. Over 270,846 men are employed in connection with the various stages of iron (including pig iron), besides 39,202 iron-miners. In connection with coal and lignite mining alone the average number of hands engaged was 504,927 in 1902. IV. Fisheries. The German fisheries are not important. In 1895 the persons engaged in fishing numbered 32,199, of whom 12,224 were employed in sea and shore fishing, and 19,975 on iulaud waters. In 1902 (January 1) 533 boats (35,566 tons gross tonnage), with an aggregate crew of 3,733, were engaged in deep-sea fishing in the North Sea for fresh fish and herrings. The Baltic fisheries are more developed. In 1903 f...