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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:

| | 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 |

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

Number of people speaking different languages

Colonial Trade 1905

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

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

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

Production

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