NOTEBOOK “η” (“ETA”)

Finanz-Archiv (published by Schanz), Berlin, 1915 (32nd year, Vol. I):

Dr. Ernst Schultze , “French Capital in Russia” (pp. 125-33).

| | “At the end of 1899 there were in Russia 146 foreign concession companies, with a total capital of 765 mil- lion rubles or 2,075 million francs. Of this, 792 million francs belonged to France, 734 to Belgium, 261 to Ger- many and 231 to Great Britain” (125).... |

| million francs |
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| France | — —792 |
| Belgium | — —734 |
| Germany | — —261 |
| Great Britain | — —231 |
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| | Σ=2,018 |

“Out of a world total of 732,000 million francs in securities, such as: state and municipal loans, mortgage deeds, industrial shares and bonds, only 20,000-25,000 million francs are said to have been invested in Russia. The chief holders of these securities were (127):

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| | Σ | | Σ | | United States | 110- | 115 | thousand | million | francs | } | 420 |
| 130 | | Great Britain | 125- | 130 | ” | ” | ” |
| 100 | | France | 95- | 100 | ” | ” | ” |
| | 75 | Germany | 60- | 75 |
| 25 | | Russia | 20- | 25 |
| | 22 | Austria | 20- | 22 |
| + 12 | | Italy | 10- | 12 |
| 5 | | Japan | | 5 | ” | ” | etc. | | ” 1 ) |
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| 260 | 97 | (my Σ=) | 440- | 484 |
| + 12 |
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| 272 |
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| 1 ) Axel von Boustedt and David Trietsch, The Russian Empire , Berlin, 1910, p. 227. |
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In France, during 1889-1908, securities were issued to the value of 24,000 million francs: 18,000 million abroad + 6,000 (25 per cent) in France.

In Germany, during 1883-1907, securities were issued to the value of 42,000 million marks: 10,000 million abroad and 32,000 (80 per cent) in Germany.

The French national wealth (1905)—    204,000 million francs
1914 —about 250,000   ”   ”  (Caillaux, who, however, took 200,000 million in calculating income tax).

In 1912, France invested in Russian enterprises in Russia 367,660,000 rubles = about 990 million francs (including 115.5 million rubles in railways; 96.25 million in state enterprises; 70.9 million in trade banks, etc.).

At the present time, foreign capital in Russia is approximately as follows:

| France | about | 20 | thousand | million | marks |
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| Germany | | 4-5.5 | ” | ” | ” |
| Great Britain | | 0.25 | ” | ” | ” |
| Belgium | | 0.6 | ” | ” | ” |
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| Σ (my) | 24-26.35 |