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20 IRON ORE, COAL, PIG IRON, AND
ties. We subjoin the official statistics of the total annual production
of coal in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from 1854
to 1894, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. James
B. Jordan, of the Home Department of Her Majesty's Government.
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1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
Yciir*.
Gross torn.
64,661,401
64,453,070
66,645,450
65,394,707
65,008,649
71,979,765
80,042,698
83,635,214
81,638,338
86,292,215
92,787,873
98,150,587
101,630,544
104,500,480
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
Years.
Gross tons.
103,141,157
107,427,557
110.431,192
117,352,028
123,497,316
128,680,131
126,590,108
133,306,485
134,125,166
134,179,968
132,612,063
133,720,393
146,969,409
154,184,300
1882
1863
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
Years.
Gross tons.
156,499,977
163,737,327
160,757,779
159,351,418
157,518,482
162,119,812
169,935,219
176,916,724
181,614,288
185,479,126
181,786,871
164,325,795
188,277,525
During the whole period covered by the above table, with the
exception of one year, Ireland produced annually over 100,000
tons but less than 200,000 tons. Details of the production of
coal in the United Kingdom in 1893 are as follows: England,
113,685,352 tons; Scotland, 25,482,918 tons; Wales, 25,051,847
tons; Ireland, 105,678 tons: total, 164,325,795 tons.
Exports of Coal.—Great Britain exports her coal and coke to
all parts of the world, her best customer l>ciiig France, which
took 4,709,050 tons of coal and coke in 1893; Italy took 3,793,-
484 tons in the same year; Germany, 3,720,581 tons; Sweden
and Norway, 2,449,613 tons; Russia, 1,659,868 tons; Denmark,
1,451,042 tons; Egypt, 1,432,998 tons. Other countries increased
the aggregate to 29,031,955 tons, and in addition 8,126,372 tons
were shipped for the use of steamers engaged in foreign trade.
Pig Iron.—In the following table we give the official statistics
of the production of pig iron in the United Kingdom from 1740
to 1894. A few years before the year first mentioned, iu the
reign of George the Second, the iron industry of Ireland came to
an end in consequence of the scarcity of timber, the competition
of English iron, and the unsettled condition of the country, so
that the figures contained in the table relate solelv to the production
of pig iron by England, Scotland, and Wales. This table
has also been verified for these pages by Mr. Jordan.