TABLE IX.--_Production of Steel (in thousands of long tons)._

+----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | Crucible | |

| |Bessemer. | Open- | and Mis- | Total. |

| | | Hearth. |cellaneous.| |

+----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+

| 1870. | | | | |

| United States | 37 | 1 | 31 | 69 |

| Great Britain | 215 | 78 | .. | 292^a |

| |(for 1873)| | | |

| The World | .. | .. | .. | 692^a |

| | | | | |

| 1880. | | | | |

| United States | 1,074 | 101 | 72 | 1,247 |

| Great Britain | 1,044 | 251 | 80 | 1,375 |

| Germany and | | | | |

| Luxemburg | 608^a | 87^a | 33 | 728 |

| The World | .. .. | .. | 4,205^a |

| | | | | |

| 1890. | | | | |

| United States | 3,689 | 513 | 75 | 4,277 |

| Great Britain | 2,015 | 1,564 | 100 | 3,679 |

| Germany and Luxemburg| .. | .. | .. | 2,127 |

| The World | .. | .. | .. | 11,902^a |

| | | | | |

| 1900. | | | | |

| United States /Acid | 6,685 | 853\ | 105 | 10,188 |

| \Basic | 0 | 2,545/ | | |

| Great Britain /Acid | 1,254\ | 3,156 | 149 | 5,050 |

| \Basic | 491/ | | | |

| Germany and Luxemburg| .. | .. | .. | 6,541 |

| The World | .. | .. | .. | 28,273 |

| | | | | |

| 1907. | | | | |

| United States /Acid |11,668 | 1,270\ | 145 | 23,363 |

| \Basic | 0 | 10,279/ | | |

| Great Britain /Acid | 1,280 | 3,385\ | .. | 6,523^2 |

| \Basic | 579 | 1,279/ | | |

| Germany and /Acid | 381^1 | 209^1\| 208^3 | 11,873 |

| Luxemburg \Basic | 7,098^1 | 3,976^1/| | |

| The World | | | | 50,375 |

+----------------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+

^1 Ingots only.

^2 Bessemer and open hearth only.

^3 Castings.

TABLE X.--_Tonnage (gross register) of Iron and Steel Vessels built

under Survey of Lloyd's Registry (in thousands of tons)._

+--------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

| |1877.|1880.|1885.|1890.|1895.|1900.|1906.|

+--------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

| Wrought Iron | 443 | 460 | 304 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 0 |

| Steel | 0 | 35 | 162 |1079 | 863 |1305 |1492 |

+--------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

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