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THÉRY, ECONOMIC EUROPE

Edmond Théry, Economic Europe, Paris, 1911.
(He is editor of L’Economiste européen, and author of a mass of works on economics.)

The book has very many comparative tables: {the text, apparently, is only an adjunct to the tables}.

Population (millions)
1858 1883 1908 1858–83 1883–1908
Germany 36.8 46.2 63.3 +26% +37%
Great Britain 28.6 35.7 45.1 25 26
France 34.6 37.9 39.3 9 4
Russia (European) 66.8 86.1 129.8 29 51
All Europe 278.1 335.1 436.1 20 30
Government expenditure (million francs)
1858 1883 1908 1858–83 1883–1908
Germany 801 2,695 9,263 +236 +244
Great Britain 1,651 2,192 5,169 33 136
France etc. 1,717 3,573 3,910 108 6[1]
 
Expenditure on Army and Navy
1883 1908
Germany 458 1,068
+46 436
Great Britain 432 676
270 811
France 584 780
205 320
Russia 772 1,280
122 231
etc.
Output of Coal (million tons)
1898–99 1908–09
Germany 130.9 205.7 +57%
France 32.4 37.9 +17%
Great Britain 202.0 272.1 +10%
Pig-Iron (million tons)
Germany 7.4 12.7 +72%
France 2.5 3.6 +43%
Great Britain 8.8 9.7 +10%
etc.

Notes

[1] Théry’s figure.—Ed.

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