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TABLE 13.—Operations of Sulphur Syndicate in Sicily, 1906-1911.
PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, PRICES, AND WAGES.

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907.
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Produetion
 in
icity (in
:housand
tons).

Exportaion
 from
Sicily (lu
‘housand
tons).

Sales made
by syndicate
 (in
thousand
tons).

Accumuiated
 sul-&gt;hur
 stocks
rredited to
‘he syndicate
 (in
housand
tons).

J

Average
selling
price per
ton (an
lire).

Number of
mines in
operation
in Sicily.

Average
daily
wages of
workmen
in Sicily
(in lire).

2.12
2.13
2.18
2.22
2.37
9 589

Some sulphur is also produced on the mainland of Italy, though
the total amount is inconsiderable in comparison to the sulphur
produced in Sicily. From 1906 to 1911, inclusive, the total quantity
of sulphur produced on the Italian mainland amounted to approximately
 177,000 metric tons.
The ‘quantity of sulphur exported from Italy to the United States
and Canada decreased from 117,423 tons in 1889 to 8,585 tons in
i911. During the same period the production of sulphur in the
United States increased from 450 tons in 1889 to 269,648 tons in
1911. These figures show clearly the loss to the Italian export trade
which was caused by the development of the American sulphur industry.

According to the official Italian statistical yearbook of 1912;
France was the leading buyer of Italian sulphur in 1911, taking
118,025 metric tons, valued at about $2,300,000. Then followed
Austria-Hungary with 89,628 tons, Germany with 33,066 tons, Russia
 with 23,485 tons, Switzerland with 23,969 tons, Greece with
18,865 tons, and Great Britain with 20219 tons. Portugal, the Netherlands,
 Australasia, and Belgium imported from 11,000 to 16,000
tons each.
Lime and cement.—In January, 1910, a syndicate of manufacturers
 of lime and Portland cement was established in Italy. According
 to the Kartell-Rundschau the following concerns were members:
 Unione Italiana Cementi, with works at Casale Monferrato;
Osano e Morano Po; Marchino e C., Casale Monferrato; Societa
Anonima Ottavi e Morbelli, Casale Monferrato; Societa Anonima
Cementi Po, Trino; "Societa Anonima Calce e Cementi di Valle
Brembana, Serralunga; Moroni Pietro Succ. Valle Seriana, Ozzano;
Fratelli Buzzi, Trino; Cementi Popolo, Casale Monferrato.
The purpose of the organization is to regulate prices, insure the
Jelivery of standard material, and encourage the development of the
8 Annuario Statistico Italizno, Vol. II, 1912, Roma, 1913, p. 160. =