Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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BARTHOLOMEW, ATLAS OF THE WORLD’S COMMERCE

Atlas of the World’s Commerce, etc., by J. G. Bartholomew, London, 1907.

Extensive data and diagrams giving percentages, etc., and covering the whole world. I quote some:

Growth of
world trade
(£ mill.)		 United King-
dom		 U.S.A. Germany France
Im-
ports		 Ex-
ports		 Im-
ports		 Ex-
ports		 Im-
ports		 Ex-
ports		 Im-
ports		 Ex-
ports
1800   302 — — United Kingdom (£ mill.)
1840   573  52  51  20  23  25  27  31  28 Imports from Exports to
1850   832  98  71  36  28  34  36  32  43 other
countries		 colonies
(of U.K.)		 other
countries		 colonies
1870 2,191 259 199  88  89 179 129 116 112 238  64 189  55
(1875)
1890 3,450 356 263 159 174 207 166 177 150 324  96 234  94
1900 4,420 460 291 171 282 282 230 188 164 413 109 252 102
1905 5,440 487 330 242 329 336 279 191 194 437 128 285 123

Has a very interesting Currency Map.
Countries with legal gold standard — (most of the world)
” ” ” silver ” — China + Persia
” ” ” bimetallic standard—only part of Africa + France, Spain, Italy
Countries with actual gold standard —France (Britain) etc.
” ” ” bimetallic standard—United States, India
” ” ” paper    ”  —Spain, Russia, South America

 

Share of different countries in
world trade:		 Ditto from
another
source *)*)
1885 1905 1885 1900 1885 1905
United Kingdom 18.1 15.0 19.2 16.3 } 30.9 25.8
British possessions 12.8 10.8 10.7 9.7
Germany 10.0 11.3 10.3 11.0 ⎫

⎬
⎭
 		29.2 28.9
France 9.9 7.1 10.4 7.5
United States 9.3 10.5 9.7 9.8
Holland 5.6 7.0 5.9 6.6
Belgium 3.5 4.0 3.7 3.5
Austria-Hungary 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.3
Russia 3.4 3.0 5.6 4.6
Spain 1.9 1.4 20.1 1.5
China 1.4 1.8 1.8 2.5
Japan 0.4 1.5 0.5 1.1
Argentina 1.2 1.9 1.3 1.1
Other countries 19.0 21.4 —— ——
100   100  

*)*) “Another source”=Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 24th year, 1903, p. 25.

Number of people speaking different languages

(million.)
English 111
German  75
Russian  75
French  51
Spanish  43
Italian  33
Portuguese  13

Colonial Trade 1905

Destination
of exports
from British
possessions		 of imports
into British
possessions
(£ millions)
United Kingdom 143.8 143.4
British possessions  58.5  56.1
Foreign countries 130.2 109.6

 

Mercantile marine of the
principal countries
(steam & sail)
(million tons)		 Growth of
world
wheat
production
(000 mill.
bushels		 Wheat production (1901-03)
(mill. bushels)		 Consumption of
wheat sugar meat
(lbs. per head)
British Empire 17.6 1891 2.5 United States 664.7 France 486 27 77
United States 4.2 1895 2.5 Russia 509.2 New Zealand 400 97 212
Germany 3.8 1900 2.5 France 311.5 Australia 357 101 239
Norway 1.8 1902 3.0 India 263.1 United States 315 68 150
France 1.7 Italy 157.0 United Kingdom 290 88 112
Italy 1.2 Spain 133.1 Austria-Hungary 231
Japan 1.0 Austria-Hungary 205.8 Germany 195 27 111
Russia 0.9 Germany 139.8 Canada 155 90
Sweden 0.8 Canada 85.8 Holland — 36 —
Spain 0.7 Argentina 77.2 Russia — 14 51
Holland
etc.		 0.7 etc.etc.
World’s total 37.5
of which steamships 31.7 World’s total 3,026.6

 

Rice
produc-
tion
mill.
cwt		 Production of Tea
produc-
tion
mill.
lbs.		 Coffee
produc-
tion
mill.
lbs.
rye
mill.
bushels		 barley
mill.
bushels
China 550   Russia 887.5 335.2 China 660   Brazil 1,659
Germany 386.9 135.1 India 200   Colombia 70
British India 448.3 Austria-Hungary 130.7 124.4 Ceylon 150   Java 86
Java 90.0 France 51.2 Japan 59   Guatemala 74
Japan 89.6 Asiatic Russia 37.1 Java 19   India 31
Indo-China 33.1 Japan 38.8 Formosa 18  
Siam 14.8 United States 27.2 131.9 Natal 1.8
Italy and Spain 20.1 Spain 25.7 Caucasus 0.9
etc. India 101.1
 
World’s total 1,257.9 World’s total 1,672.9 1,218.6 Total exports=2,283

 

Mercantile Marine (net tonnage). (Mill. tons)

United
Kingdom		 United
States		 Germany Norway France Japan
1860  4.6 — 0.6 1.0
1870  5.6 4.2 1.0 1.0 1.1
1880  6.6 4.1 1.2 1.5 0.9  0.09
1890  7.9 4.4 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.1
1900  9.3 5.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 0.9
1905 10.7 6.4 2.3 1.5 1.3 1.3
World pro-
duction of
sugar		 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
of
which
beet
sugar		 coffee raw cotton pig iron raw copper gold
(mill. tons) (000 tons) (mill.
cwt.)		 (mill.
tons)		 (000 tons)
tons)		 (tons)
1850 1.4 0.2 1855 — 321 1850 — 12.8 4.4 1851-60 49.9 1851 134
1860 2.2 0.4 1865 — 422 1860 — 22.8 7.2 1861-70 88.5 1860 192
1870 2.7 0.9 1875 — 505 1870 — 24.8 11.9 1871-80 117.0 1870 182
1880 3.7 1.8 1885 — 718 1880 — 32.2 18.1 1881-90 233 1880 164
1890 6.1 3.6 1892 — 700 1890 — 50.0 27.2 1891-900 364 1890 177
1900 9.8 6.1 1903 — 1,150 1900 — 61.7 40.4 1901 518 1900 377
1903 — 65.0 1903 46.1 1905 723 1904 500

World Coal Production
Neumann-Spallart. Year of publication 1883-84, p. 322

Mill. metric tons Total world turnover
1860 — 136  —
1866 — 185 44.2
1872 — 260 57.8
1876 — 287 55.8
1880 — 345 63.8
1885 — 413 61,700 mill. marks
in 1885: world’s foreign trade,
imports and exports
in 1885:
Great Britain 161.9
Germany 73.6
United States 103.9

World Mercantile Marine:

1872 — 15.5 million tons
1875 — 16.7 ” ”
1880 — 19.3 ” ”
1885 — 20.98 ” ”

Chief countries 1885:
Great Britain 7.6
Germany 1.2
United States 2.6
Norway 1.5
France 0.9
Italy 0.9
Russia 0.3

Per Capita Consumption

Tea
lbs.
(1903		 Coffee Wine
gallons		 Beer Spirits Butter (1903)
Coal
(cwt)
United King-
 dom		 6.0 —  0.3 28.8 1.0 19   78.4
United States 1.3 11   0.5 18.4 1.0 20   70.5
Germany 0.2 6   1.1 27.2 1.5 8  34.2
France 0.1 4  32.7  7.6 1.7 8  22.7
Russia 1.2 —  1.8 5   2.7
Austria-Hun-
 gary		  5.0  8.6 1.7 7   7.7
Holland 1.4 14.5 Belgium 40.1 1.6 15  
Australia[1] 7.1 —  0.8  1.6 0.7 17   24.5
Canada 4.0 —  5.0  0.9 22   33.4
Italy 27.5 Denmark 22  
Spain 17.0 Belgium 58.4

Production

Wine
(mill.
gal-
lons)		 Beer Spir-
its
(pure
alco-
hol		 Fish-
eries
(£
mill.)		 Raw
cot-
ton
(mill.
cwt)
France 1,216   240 45.1  5 Brazil  0.5
Italy   880 Asia Minor  0.3
Spain   395  8.9 Tukestan  1.8
Russia   137 86.3  8 African  1.5
Austria-Hungary   169   420 55.2 Egypt  5.4
Algeria   124 China  4.0
Belgium   308 Mexico  0.4
Portugal   134 United States 45.4
Germany  49 1,512 84.1 India  9.6
Greece  66
Canada  4
Japan  5
United States 1.561 58.6 13
United Kingdom 1,253 29.2 10
Holland  7.6
World total 3,330 World total 70.0
(average for 1900-03)

Notes

[1] The figures for the consumption of tea and spirits refer to Australasia.

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