(“GAMMA”)
THÉRY, ECONOMIC EUROPE
Edmond Théry, Economic Europe,
Paris, 1911.
(He is editor of L’Economiste européen, and author
of a mass of works on economics.)
The book has very many comparative tables: {the text,
apparently, is only an adjunct to the tables}.
Population (millions)
| |
1858 |
1883 |
1908 |
1858–83 |
1883–1908 |
| Germany |
36.8 |
46.2 |
63.3 |
+26% |
+37% |
| Great Britain |
28.6 |
35.7 |
45.1 |
25 |
26 |
| France |
34.6 |
37.9 |
39.3 |
9 |
4 |
| Russia (European) |
66.8 |
86.1 |
129.8 |
29 |
51 |
| All Europe |
278.1 |
335.1 |
436.1 |
20 |
30 |
Government expenditure (million francs)
| |
1858 |
1883 |
1908 |
1858–83 |
1883–1908 |
| Germany |
801 |
2,695 |
9,263 |
+236 |
+244 |
| Great Britain |
1,651 |
2,192 |
5,169 |
33 |
136 |
| France etc. |
1,717 |
3,573 |
3,910 |
108 |
6[1]
|
Expenditure on Army and Navy
| |
1883 |
1908 |
| Germany |
458 |
1,068 |
| |
+46 |
436 |
| Great Britain |
432 |
676 |
| |
270 |
811 |
| France |
584 |
780 |
| |
205 |
320 |
| Russia |
772 |
1,280 |
| |
122 |
231 |
| etc. |
|
Output of Coal (million tons)
| |
1898–99 |
1908–09 |
| Germany |
130.9 |
205.7 |
+57% |
| France |
32.4 |
37.9 |
+17% |
| Great Britain |
202.0 |
272.1 |
+10% |
Pig-Iron (million tons)
| Germany |
7.4 |
12.7 |
+72% |
| France |
2.5 |
3.6 |
+43% |
| Great Britain |
8.8 |
9.7 |
+10% |
| etc. |
|
Notes
[1]
Théry’s figure.—Ed.