AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT (UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY
AND UNITED STATES).
5
RETURN showing for the year 1913, or latest year available, and a year 20 years
earlier, for the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States op
America, the following Information, viz.:—(1) Cultivated area under principal
and other crops; (2) Quantity of wheat, barley, oats, rye and potatoes produced ;
(3) Quantity of pig-iron, crude steel and coal produced, and of pig-iron and coal
consumed; (4) Value of imports, and exports (special trade), distinguishing
separately “ raw materials ” and “ manufactures ” ; (5) Receipts from railway
goods traffic, total and per mile of line; (6) Total estimated population at the
middle of the year; showing also the percentage increase under each head
between the two years specified {continued).
III.—United States.
In 1893.*
In 1913.*
Increase (+) or decrease ( —)
in the interval.
Amount. Proportion.
1. Area under cultivation :
Acres.
Acres.
Acres.
Per cent.
Principal and other crops(a) -
-
165,467,000
243,374,000
+ 77,907,000
+
47
2. Quantity of wheat, barley, oats,
rye
and potatoes produced :
Quarters.
Quarters.
Quarters.
Wheat ...
-
62,361,000
85,747,000
+ 23,386,000
+
37
Barley ...
■ -
9,312,000
26,281,000
+ 16,969,000
+
182
Oats --- -
-
65,683,000
166,539,000
+100,856,000
+
154
Rye --- -
-
3,580,000
4,187,000
+ 607,000
+
17
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Potatoes ...
-
4,196,000
10,925,000
+ 6,729,000
+
160
fi. (i) Quantity of pig-iron, crude
steel
and coal produced:
Pig-iron ...
-
7,125,000
31,161,000
+ 24,036,000
+
337
Crude steel ...
-
4,020,000
32,760,000
+ 28,740,000
+
715
Coal ... .
162,815,000
504,464,000
+ 341,649,000
+
210
(ii) Quantity of pig-iron and
coal
available for consumption:
Pig-iron ...
-
7,154,000
31,039,000
+ 23,885,000
+
334
Coal -
-
161,136,000
482,423,000
+ 321,287,000
+
199
4. Value of imports and exports (special
trade) :
.Tlisnd. £’s.
Thsnd. £’s.
Thsnd. £’s.
Imports(Z))—Total
-
177,035(d)
369,917(d)
+ 192,882
+
109
Of which :
Raw materials
_
42,774(d)
127,567(d)
+ 84,793
+
198
Manufactures
_
74,279(d)
156,207(d)
+ 81,928
+
110
Exports(c)—Total
-
173,131(d)
505,939(d)
+ 332,808
+
192
Raiv materials
_
51,518(d)
152,284(d)
+ 100,766
+
196
Manufactures
-
37,293(d)
247,292(d)
+ 209,999
+
563
-5. Receipts from railway goods traffic
£
£
£
Total -
- 1
166,524,000(d)
409,427,000(d)
+ 242,903,000
+
146
Per mile of line
-
1,025(d)
1,660(d)
+ 635
4-
62
6. Total estimated population at
the
Vo.
No.
No.
middle of the year (e) -
1
66,349,000
97,028,000
+ 30,679,000
+
46
* The figures printed in italics relate to the years 1802 and 1912, respectively.
O) Includes wheat, barley, oats, buckwheat,' rye, maize, potatoes, flax (seed), cotton and tobacco
(b) Net imports, i.e., total imports less re-exports.
(c) Domestic exports.
(rf) For years ended 30th June.
(e) Population of continental United States only.
A 0.83