ittita-,(tick of Denmark are a significant feature in it, manufacturing devel opment. Their combined capital nearly doubled during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
Ta.vxsetatT.vrtox AND CON1 :1.1 UNICA:110N. 0-1 of the t ()WIN of 1)eninark. are situated on t he •oa,t or on 1111V igable river,. Steamboats ply con stantly between the islands. The first railway within the present confines of the country (Co penlingen-Pweskilde) was constructed by a pri vate company and opened for traffic 111 1547. Prior to 15till the State railway lines were con fined to the mainland and the island of nitwit. while private companies controlled all lines to the islands of Zealand. Laalantl. and In 1550 the Government passed a bill authoriz ing the acquisition of the Zealand lines. In 1901, out of a total of 1510 miles. the State owned 110'1 miles, the total cost of which up to .1\larch :11, 1901, was over tililt.:100.000. There were 2113 miles of State telegraph lines at the end of 1900. The merchant marine Itf Denmark and the colo nies comprised, at the same period. :3773 vessels with a. total registered tonnage of 405,1111, in eluding 52 steamers with a tonnage of over 230, 000. During 1900 there entered the ports. aside from toasting vessels, about 33.100 vessels, with a tonnage of nearly 3.000.000.
Com MF:RCE. The expansion of 1)eti mark the last decade of the nineteenth century was very considerable. The imports show a gain from $52.30(1.01t0 in 1190 to over $141.000.000 in 1900, while the exports increased from $?2.rdai.taal to nearly 5105.500.mm. figure, exclude precious metal. The exports of
Delmar'; consist almost entirely of animal and dairy products. The imports are chiefly cereals. animal and dairy produets• coal. metals. and hardware, textiles. and groveries. Germany oc cupies the first rank in the import trade of the furnishing about 311 per cent. of the imports. 1:reat Britain follows (20 per cent.). then the 1'161(41 Slates 115 per cent.), Sweden, Norway. and ];assts. In the export trade Great Dritain stands first. nearly fin per cent. of the total shipments—mostly butter (nearly $-10, 1100.01111 in 190111. live stock. and 1!«.(.. The other countries importing from tire, in order of Habir importance. l:erntany, Sweden and Nor way, and Hussia. tr.], (if the railed States with 1)enniark has increased with very great rapidity. In 1595 it annulated lo about s3.300.1;00, v•hile in 1900 it roll/died nearly 2:1.
111111.1)00, Qf whieli amount shout $1,550,0011 represented exports from Denmark. Among the principal imports from the United States are corn, cotton, iron and steel manufactures, cotton seed. and oil. The value of 'the fish caught in 1s99 was about Denmark has '11 banks. The assets of the National 13a1k approximated ;1:38,000,000 in about 42 per cent. of which was in spe cie and bullion. Its note circulation was over S26,500.000. Its capital is about $7.250,000. The number of banks in 1900 was 535. with 1,1.i0.233 accounts and more than $177.000, 000 deposits. Nearly -17 per cent. of the popula tion are depositors. with an average individual deposit of over $154.