Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
NOTEBOOK “γ”
(“GAMMA”)
THÉRY, ECONOMIC EUROPE
Edmond Théry, Economic Europe, Paris, 1911.
(He is editor of L’Economiste européen, and author of a mass of works on economics.)
The book has very many comparative tables: {the text, apparently, is only an adjunct to the tables}.
| Population (millions) |
| |
1858 |
1883 |
1908 |
1858-83 |
1883-1908 |
| Germany |
36.8 |
46.2 |
63.3 |
+26% |
+37% |
| Great Britain |
28.6 |
35.7 |
45.1 |
25 |
26 |
| France |
34.6 |
37.9 |
39.3 |
9 |
4 |
Russia (Euro-
pean) |
66.8 |
86.1 |
129.8 |
29 |
51 |
| All Europe |
278.1 |
335.1 |
436.1 |
20 |
30 |
| Government expenditure (million francs) |
| |
1858 |
1883 |
1908 |
1858-83 |
1883-1908 |
| Germany |
801 |
2,695 |
9,263 |
+236 |
+244 |
| Great Britain |
1,651 |
2,192 |
5,169 |
33 |
136 |
| France etc. |
1,717 |
3,573 |
3,910 |
108 |
6[1]
|
| Expenditure on Army and Navy |
| |
1883 |
|
1908 |
|
|
|
| Germany |
458 |
1,068 |
|
+46 |
436 |
| Great Britain |
432 |
676 |
|
270 |
811 |
| France |
584 |
780 |
|
205 |
320 |
| Russia |
772 |
1,280 |
|
122 |
231 |
| etc. |
|
| Output of Coal (million tons) |
| |
1898-99 |
1908-09 |
| Germany |
130.9 |
205.7 |
+57% |
| France |
32.4 |
37.9 |
+17% |
| Great Britain |
202.0 |
272.1 |
+10% |
| Pig-Iron (million tons) |
| Germany |
7.4 |
12.7 |
+72% |
| France |
2.5 |
3.6 |
+43% |
| Great Britain |
8.8 |
9.7 |
+10% |
| etc. |
Notes
[1] Théry’s figure.—Ed.