The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-20
GERMANY.
Material Progress in tho North Germ an Con-
fedcrati0n-The Navies.

Material Progress In the NORTH Term an Con-
charlottesville Navies.
From the North German Correspondent OF Berlin,
The entire expectation OF grain from the port OF
present year amounted 20 ssI7a lasts wheat. s,iiS
lasts rye 4,463 lasts barley, 4634 lasts peas &C. 421
iasts oats lasts oil seeus and Ae7 lasts seeds Of
various kinds or together, &c. 1913 lasts. In the first
nine months OF the preceding year only 49, S2s lasts
OF Gil kinds Of cereals were shipped from Dantzic,
though # we take last SEPTEMBER alone we we
shall ind that only 2073 lasts wheat 1,902 lasts rye
942 lasts barley So lasts oats, $40 lasts peas &C., and
sos lasts oil seeds Or altogether 5,s76 lasts we're
exported against TO- 1913 lasts In September 1s6S or
little more tnan the hall.
the current year compare favorabiy on the whole
with the corresponding period OF 1868. or the most
importan.artices the following quantities paid duty
or were admitted duty free.-Kaw cotton, 1,1S1, 252
csntners compared with the preceding year, 20
per cent less); twist, i63,327 cntnrs. Is per cent
iess) dyewoods, 339 Ts4 cntnrs. .5 per cent more}
indigo, II, 1893 cntnrs e per cent more); raisns,
LASS, 429 cntnrs. (42 per cent morel; STEEL 49, 300
cntnrs. Qs per cent morel coarse ardware 14O7i7
cntnrs l24 per cent mOre) iron 237 S57 cntnrs
t43 per cent more; fax and hemp, 1879 cntnrs.
III per cent less gram, l32i7077 schefres as per
cent morel; raw hides 3l4 $50 cntnrs go per cent
more; machines, principally OF cast iron, "a, 900
cntnrs tss per cent morel; DO, chiefly Of malieabe
iron 17o23 cntnrs. al per cent more); raw linen
thread, machine spun, Sl.268 cntnrs (97 per cent
more; gray packing linen, 5o,3ss cntnrs. 1l7 per
cent morel; nnpeached linen, rs, 1850 cntnrs 31 per
cert more WINE, 30s 294 cntnrs. lao per cent more)
dried fruit l2;, 1893 cntnrs. l54 per cent more:
III, 2S3 tons behring's (2s per cent more); cofree
sos, SOL cntnrs. t4.3 per cent more; salt 429 lo4
cntnrs 3 per cent less raw tobacco 296 $40 cntnrs.
as per cent less; tea 1850 cntnrs. l2.4 per cent
Inore owe oil for machinery, 80,0s2 cntnrs 1853 per
cent more) linseed oil, 1927 cntnrs 100 per cent
morel; taow, 95 $50 cntnrs 28 per cent moreI; raw
cnInrs q per cent more; turf, 2A sos cntnrs t9s
per cent norel petroleum, 11o,52o cntnrs. q per
cent more; horses, 81 74s go per cent less; oxen,
as 307 To per cent moreI; cows 2s00T 9.9 per cent
morel; pigs, 213,0lS 20 per cent morel raw wool.
1858 72s cntnrs 22 per cent ess); raw woolen yarn,
1852 cntnrs 40 per cent less); woolen articles,
35, OgT cntnrs (21 per cent more).
According to the budget. the national debt OF
Prussia at the end OF the year VIII amount to
942 6o9 32 thaers, 4o1 thalers OF which are
railway debts. The interest aud sinking fund for
the payment OF the principal viii In 1870 require
20, coo thaers; 10,2285n thaierB Of this sum,
however, belong TO the railways and win be covered
by their profits. The expenses or the national deot
have risen si3,9Io thalers since 1869. of the
above sum S77,s25s27 tnaers belong to the old
provinces, yR.:-2ll, 225 g25 thalers state debt
bearing interest 1873 DOL 900 halers railway debt
bearing interest 25o3,9o2 thalers provincial debts
notes and lS25O,000 thaers bank notes bearing no
interest The debts OF the provinces united TO the
thaers. l6,26l,l20 tnalers OF which are railway
debts hesse, $50 tnaers Of which i5 lo7 800
which lo472,614 thalers for railways; Hesse- HON.
burg 9e42s thaers; Frankfort 1854 Ill thalers OF
when aoos2o, thalers for railways; Scheswlg hol-
The North German merchant navy, according to
the signal book mentioned IN ono OF our late num-
bers. consists OF 6,ll0 ships, with united tonnage
OF 1899 eS4l5 tons, OF which 146 with 102, 1890
tons, are steamers OF these 3,212 with 70
tons Including 90 steamers with $685. 100 tons be-
long TO Prussia: 40 with 1856 0s tons INCLUDING
steamer OF 2lo tons, to Meckenburg; sos. with
o. 2o4. tons, TO Oidenburg; 49, with 1l642 tons
uncludlng II steamers with 55,3S5 tone to Lubbock
Asa, with 255, $50 ons Including steamers with
1891 tons. TO Hamburg, and 800, with 23G, 23o &c
tons ncuding "a steamers with A. 223 tons) 10 Bre
men.
The German North Sea merchant neet ia entered on
this list consisting Of 1889 SHIPS with total ton
mage OF 760 30967 tons, including 75 steamers with
s7S71.52 tons. and the Baltic feet as containing
2, 1913 vessels, with 63o,674 tons, including II
steamers, with l4277.SS tons. These ships elias
sined a. foows-Coasters, under 80 tons 33l Prus-
sian 2 belonging to MeckleDburg, 1o2 TO 0ldenburg
and 70 Hamburg, together bz7 from 40 TO 100 tons