VII.-WORLD'S SUGAR STATISTICS. The production in recent years is given as follows, the figures being of Messrs. Willett and Gray: INTRODUCTORY TABLES The production of Beet Sugar in Europe is given as follows: xxiii VIII.—ESTIMATED COTTON PRODUCTION IN NEW FIelds in THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The following approximate estinate of cotton grown in new fields in the British Empire in the years 1914 to 1917, is taken from the Reports of the British Cotton Growing Association: IX.-WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF COTTON. The following table shows the world's production of cotton (in thousands of bales of 400 lb. each). X.-FINANCE AND COMMERCE OF VARIOUS COU The following statistics relating to the financial and commercial cond countries have been put together for convenience of reference, not for the parison. Revenue and expenditure, which in some States are raised ar local authorities, are in others included in the national accounts. Debt in is incurred for the sake of profitable investment, while in others it is un burdensome. With respect to trade, the figures in general show the spe those for home consumption) and the special exports (or those of hom manufacture). Specie and bullion are generally excluded. The statistics are for the most part for the calendar year 1918, or the 1 For Austria and Hungary the separate revenues and expenditures a commerce of Hungary is its own external trade. 2 European Russia. 3 Civil population only. INTRODUCTORY TABLES XI.-WORLD'S SHIPBUILDING. XXV The World's Merchant Shipbuilding launched in recent years is given as follows, excluding vessels of less than 100 tons : 1 The returns from Germany and Austria-Hungary, included in this figure, are incomplete. 2 Excluding enemy countries. The total number of merchant vessels under construction throughout the world (excluding the Central Powers) on December 31, 1918, according to Lloyd's Register Shipbuilding Returns, was 2,189 ships of 6,921,989 gross tons, or double the largest corresponding tonnage under construction by the world before the war, which was 3,446,890 gross tons in June, 1913. The details of merchant tonnage under construction on December 31, 1918, were as follows: 1 1,427 5,665,434 591 1,154,828 13 12,215 158 89,512 2,189 6,921,989 1 Including 14 ferro-concrete vessels of 26,370 tons. 76 99,639 2 4,600 22 25,450 1 4,500 11 10,460 3 3,950 997 3,645,919 July 31.-General mobilization in Russia. 'State of War' declared in Germany. August 1.-Germany declared war on Russia and invaded Luxemburg. August 2.-German ultimatum to Belgium. August 3.-Germany declared war on France. August 4.-Great Britain's ultimatum to Germany, demanding an assurance that the neutrality of Belgium would be respected. War declared by Great Britain on Germany at 11 p.m. August 7.-Germans entered Liège. August 10.-France declared war on Austria-Hungary. August 12.-Great Britain declared war on Austria-Hungary. August 16.-British expeditionary force landed in France August 20.-Germans occupied Brussels. August 23.-Tsingtau bombarded by the Japanese. August 25.-Germans destroyed Louvain. August 26.-Allies conquered Togoland. August 29.-Samoa captured by New Zealand forces. September 2.-Russians took_Lemberg. September 5.-Great Britain, France and Russia signed a Treaty not to make peace separately. September 6.-Battle of the Marne. September 7.-Germans took Maubeuge. September 11.-An Australian expedition captured New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago Protectorate. September 16.-Russians under General Rennenkampf retreated from East Prussia. September 27.-Successful invasion of man South-West Africa by General ha. October 9.-Germans occupied Antwerp. October 13.-Belgian Government withdrew to Le Havre, in France. Germans occupied Ghent. October 28.-De Wet's Rebellion in South Africa. November 1.-German naval victory in the Pacific off the Coast of Chile. November 5.-Great Britain declared war on Turkey. Cyprus annexed. November 7.-Fall of Tsingtau to the Japanese. November 10.-German Cruiser Emden caught and destroyed at Cocos Island. November 21.-Basra, on Persian Gulf, occupied by British. December 8.-British naval victory off the Falkland Islands. S. African rebellion collapsed. 3 British Protectorate, and a new ruler appointed with title of Sultan. December 24.-First German air raid on England. 1915. January 24.-British naval victory in North Sea off Dogger Bank. February 18.-The German official 'blockade of Great Britain commenced German submarines began campaign of 'piracy and pillage.' (Mr. Asquith's terms.) February 19.-Anglo-French squadron bombarded Dardanelles. March 1.-Announcement of the issue of British Orders in Council' to prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany. March 10.-British Chapelle. captured Nenve March 17.-Russians captured Przemysl and strengthened their hold on the greater part of Galicia. April 26.-Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. April 30.-Germans invaded the Baltic provinces of Russia. May 2.-Russians forced by the combined Germans and Austrians to retire from their positions in the Carpathians. (Battle of the Dunajec.) May 4.-Italy denounced the Treaty of Triple Alliance. May 7.--The Cunard liner Lusitania torpedoed by the Germans off the Old Head of Kinsale, near Queenstown. Death roll 1,134. May 8.-Germans occupied Libau. May 12. The Union troops under General Botha occupied Windhuk, the capital of German South-West Africa. May 15.-United States Lusitania Note to Germany published. |