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[71] Those who are interested in perusing this Report will find it contained in a volume of pamphlets in the Library of the Royal Statistical Society.

[72] The different river basins contributed the following proportions:—

Basins.   Tons.
The Elbe 7,767,000
The Vistula, Niemen, &c.   2,227,000
The Oder 861,000
The Weser and Ems 394,000
Lake of Constance 338,000
The Danube  210,000
Total 11,797,000

[73] The distribution of this navigation is as follows, according to basins:—

Basin. Miles of
Navigation.
The Rhine 931
The Elbe 870
The Oder 497
The Weser 280
The Danube 248
The Ems 196
Other waterways   372
Total 3384

[74] On the railways of Germany in 1886 coal traffic was 48·5 per cent. of the whole; timber, 5·8 per cent.; stone, 7·5 per cent.; and grain 6·2 per cent. About 84·7 per cent. of the whole was heavy traffic. The total railway traffic was about 5½ times that of the total water traffic of the empire.

[75] Not including sea tonnage.

[76] Exclusive of arrivals and departures by rail from Dresden and Breslau.

[77] Exclusive of arrivals and departures by rail from Dresden and Breslau.

[78] Report of Messrs. Meyer and Werneigh.