BARTHOLOMEW, ATLAS OF THE WORLD’S COMMERCE (original) (raw)

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 ofworld 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 othercountries colonies(of U.K.) othercountries 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 inworld trade: Ditto fromanothersource *)*)
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 exportsfrom Britishpossessions of importsinto Britishpossessions
(£ millions)
United Kingdom 143.8 143.4
British possessions 58.5 56.1
Foreign countries 130.2 109.6
Mercantile marine of theprincipal countries(steam & sail)(million tons) Growth ofworld_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
Hollandetc. 0.7 etc.etc.
World’s total 37.5
of which steamships 31.7 World’s total 3,026.6
Riceproduc-tionmill.cwt Production of _Tea_produc-tionmill.lbs. _Coffee_produc-tionmill.lbs.
ryemill.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)

UnitedKingdom UnitedStates 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 ofsugar Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
ofwhichbeetsugar 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. marksin 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

Tealbs.(1903 Coffee Winegallons 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(purealco-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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