932 GERMANY
Production of alcohol for four years : —
Year
No. of Distilleries
Gallons
Year
No. of Distilleries
Gallons
1914-15 1915-16
64,369
58,489
57,641,100 51,747,190
1916-17 1917-18
46,822 35,023
44,425,986 51,877,034
In 1913 (latest figures), 556,840 juvenile workers were employed in German^ 376.481 being males and 180,359 females. In addition 8,008 boys and 6,158 girls (total 14,166) under 14 years of age were employed.
Commerce.
The following table shows (in pounds sterling) the special trade for six years : —
Years
Imports
Exports
Years Imports
Exports
1911 1912 1913
£
500,347,250 550,856,600 560,335,800
411,219,900 454,976,450 509,965,000
£ 19141 269,314,000 1919 1 1,61S,800,000 19202 ; 1,424,000,000
£
249,24S,0O0
502,850,000
1,184,400,000
1 Firs
t 6 months.
- First 5 months.
Principal articles imported into the United Kingdom from, and exported from the United Kingdom to Germany : —
Staple Imports
1914
I'.'l'.'
Staple Exports
1914
»19
£
£
«
£
Sugar ....
5,46(i,307
19,231
Cottons and yarn
4,9S4,203
5,161,032
Glass & manufactures
697,704
19,636
Woollens and yarn .
4,170,011
1,918,287
Eggs ....
170,889
—
Alpaca, 4c, yarn
1,124,241
64,637
Cottons and yarn
4,748,256
9,353
Wool
762,791
162,281
Woollens and yarn
1,493,259
—
Ironwork .
885,961
73,475
Iron <fe steel 8fl
Machinery .
1,779,344
150
Machinery
1,061,891
34.102
Toys ....
484,741
92,275
Coal, coke, &c.
3,099,151
15,024
Total trade between Germany and the United Kingdom for five years, according to the Board of Trade Returns : —
Imports from Germany into U.K. Exports of Britisli produce to Germany
£
47,0411,343 23,080,268
1917
£
48,900
£
8,240
£ 993,154 14,698,113
£
r>i,i2(;.n,ss 21,728,200
The ports of Hamburg and Bremen were the chief gates of commercial
intercourse of Germany with the United Kingdom and the United States.