1»R0I)UCTI0N AND INDUSTRY
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In 1897, of the total area, 977,467 hectares were under cultivation, viz. : — 795,845 hectares (81-42 per cent.) arable ; 174,751 hectares (17-88 per cent.) meadow; 6,373 hectares (0-65 per cent.) pasture; 498 hectares (0-05 per cent.) vineyard; besides 387,729 hectares (1893) under wood, of which 168,804 belonged (1893) to the State. The number of separate farms on June 5, 1882, ami on June 14, 1895, was as follows : —
—
Under 1 Hect.
1-10 Hect.
10-100 Hect.
Over 100 Hect.
Total
1882 1895
94,783 96,796
69,171 67,685
28,209 28,392
758 754
192,921 193,627
In 1895 their total area wis 1,344,824 hectares. They supported a population of 517,642, of whom 271,977 were actively engaged in agriculture.
The areas (in hectares) under the chief crops, and the yield per hectare in metric tons (of 1,000 kilogrammes) at the undernoted dates were as follows : —
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Area
Yield in metric tons
1896
1897
1896
1897
Aver. 1888-97
Wheat .
51,088
52,316
2-14
2-00
1-97
Rye
215,591
213,330
1-50
1-36
1-45
Barley ,
31,427
30,584
1-67
1-65
1-58
Oats
188,693
189,070
1-64
1-49
1-56
Potatoes .
123,006
124,020
10-40
10-46
10-80
Hay, &c.
174,554
174,751
3-63
3-84
3-12
On May 1, 1897, the factory hands in Saxony were returned' at 481,074, of whom 323,727 were males and 157,347 females ; 176,588 were engaged in the textile industry, 68,104 in the manufacture of machinery and tools, 51,113 in industries connected with stone and earth, and 31,812 in those connected with paper and leather. The total number of factories and industrial establish- ments was 17,354, of which 6,370 had steam power. The following shows the mining statistics for five years : —
Year
1892 1893 1894 1895 1896
Coal Mines
Other Mines
Total
No. of Mines
Hands
Production in metric tons
Value inl,000 marks
No. of Mines
Hands
Pro- duce
in 1,000 marks
No. of Mines
Hands
Pro- duce in
1,000 marks
Coal
Lignite
152 153 145 149 147 1
24,023 24.221 23,988 24,107 24,779
4,212,875 4,274,064 4,123,227 4,435,328 4,536,603
927,860
940,988
918,580
1,018,480
1,035,825
42,457 43,171 40,311 43,577 45,778
101 89
82 70 73
6,880 6.453 6,114 5,811 5,534
5,097 4,370 3,723 3,506 3,252
263 242 227 219 220
30,903 30,674 30,102 29,918 30,313
47,554 47,541 44,034 47,084 49,030
In 1896 the Saxon iron-foundries produced 246,933 metric toivs of llni.shW iron, representing a value of 41,217,913 marks. In 1896-07, 686 breweries produced 4,379,001 liectolitres of beer ; and 581 distilleries consumed 124,845,300 kilogrammes of raw material in the manufacture of spirits, and produced 128,353 hectolitres of pure alcohol.
