HC Deb 18 March 1912 vol 35 cc1680-2W
Mr. GORDON HARVEY

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state what was the ascertained output of gold in each of the years from 1898 to 1911, specifying as far as possible the various amounts in different countries?

Mr. BUXTON

The following statement shows the estimated world's production of gold in each year from 1898 to 1911, inclusive, so far as the particulars are available, distinguishing the principal sources of supply:—

A.—ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF GOLD PRODUCED.
Year. Total Estimated World's Production. Of which, there was Produced in
Africa. United States. Australasia. Russia. Mexico. Canada. British India. China. Japan, East Indies, etc. Central and South America.
Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs. Fine Ozs.
1898 … 13,877,806 3,876,216 3,118,398 3,137,644 1,231,791 411,187 669,445 376,431 260,871 125,161 563,608
1899 … 14,837,775 3,532,488 3,437,210 3,837,181 1,072,333 411,187 1,031,563 418,869 269,662 142,483 575,889
1900 … 12,315,135 419,503 3,829,897 3,555,506 974,537 435,375 1,348,720 456,444 269,662 324,500 575,015
1901 … 12,625,527 439,704 3,805,500 3,719,080 1,105,412 497,527 1,167,216 454,527 439,801 268,979 611,896
1902 … 14,354,680 1,887,773 3,870,000 3,946,374 1,090,053 491,156 1,032,161 463,824 422,401 313,338 720,344
1903 … 15,852,620 3,289,409 3,560,000 4,315,538 1,191,582 516,524 911,118 552,873 354,334 418,230 621,964
1904 … 16,804,372 4,156,084 3,892,480 4,245,744 1,199,857 609,781 796,374 567,094 217,688 430,543 560,296
1905 … 18,396,451 5,478,696 4,265,742 4,156,692 1,078,384 779,181 706,778 578,089 217,688 412,137 591,320
1906 … 19,471,080 6,547,943 4,565,333 3,985,684 943,142 896,615 581,657 584,744 217,688 376,774 609,554
1907 … 19,977,260 7,352,228 4,374,827 3,660,911 1,290,854 903,699 405,517 502,307 217,688 424,876 673,171
1908 … 21,430,438 8,055,430 4,574,340 3,547,210 1,357,027 1,082,210 476,112 512,702 418,312 528,687 693,589
1909 … 21,982,713 8,271,575 4,821,701 3,435,007 1,566,443 1,153,400 473,591 501,097 452,406 471,990 670,661
1910 … 22,706,003 8,425,244 4,657,108 3,175,123 2,088,312 1,164,559 494,640 584,836 488,708 509,033 720,136
1911 … 22,900,375 9,225,345 4,655,388 2,954,435 1,964,063 943,331 515,010 508,214 483,759 512,785 725,639
B.—ESTIMATED VALUE OF GROUP PRODUCED.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
1898 … 58,949,000 16,465,003 13,246,019 13,327,770 5,232,279 1,746,599 2,843,602 1,598,966 1,108,102 531,646 2,394,038
1899 … 63,026,000 15,004,949 14,600,237 16,299,194 4,554,949 1,746,599 4,381,770 1,779,230 1,145,443 605,225 2,446,204
1900 … 52,311,000 1,781,923 16,268,253 15,102,723 4,139,541 1,849,342 5,728,958 1,938,837 1,145,443 1,378,379 2,442,491
1901 … 53,629,000 1,867,731 16,164,622 15,797,536 4,695,459 2,113,345 4,957,983 1,930,694 1,868,143 1,142,542 2,599,151
1902 … 60,974,000 8,018,693 16,438,599 16,763,013 4,630,218 2,086,283 4,384,310 1,970,185 1,794,233 1,330,966 3,059,805
1903 … 67,337,000 13,972,423 15,121,812 18,331,111 5,061,483 2,194,039 3,870,156 2,348,439 1,505,105 1,776,516 2,641,916
1904 … 71,380,000 17,653,798 16,534,087 18,034,647 5,096,633 2,590,167 3,382,758 2,408,845 924,673 1,828,818 2,379,969
1905 … 78,143,000 23,271,857 18,119,592 17,656,381 4,580,652 3,309,727 3,002,181 2,455,549 924,673 1,750,634 2,511,750
1906 … 82,707,000 27,813,697 19,392,165 16,929,990 4,006,184 3,808,552 2,470,704 2,483,817 924,673 1,600,423 2,589,203
1997 … 84,857,000 31,230,059 18,582,953 15,550,452 5,483,161 3,838,642 1,722,515 2,133,649 924,673 1,804,746 2,859,428
1908 … 91,030,000 34,217,050 19,430,424 15,067,484 5,764,244 4,596,903 2,022,381 2,177,804 1,776,864 2,245,704 2,946,158
1909 … 93,876,000 35,135,169 20,481,139 14,590,879 6,653,780 4,899,297 2,011,672 2,128,510 1,921,685 2,004,872 2,848,767
1910 … 96,448,000 35,787,909 19,781,999 13,486,970 8,870,521 4,946,697 2,101,081 2,484,208 2,075,886 2,162,219 3,058,920
1911 … 97,274,000 39,186,499 19,774,690 12,549,555 8,342,751 4,006,987 2,187,609 2,158,740 2,054,865 2,178,157 3,082,297

NOTE.—The figures for the years 1898–1909, inclusive, represent the estimates of the world's output of gold made annually by the Director of the United States Mint. The corresponding detailed estimates for the years 1910 and 1911 are not yet available. The figures given in the above Statement for the two latter years are based on information collected annually by the "Engineering and Mining Journal" of New York, and are understood to be fairly comparable with the particulars given for the years 1898–1909.

* In some of the earlier years, the figures include the small output of Newfoundland.