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THE
STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK

STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF THE
STATES OF THE WORLD FOR THE YEAR
1899

EDITED BY
J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D., and I. P. A. RENWICK, M.A., LL.B.

American Edition

EDITED BY
CARROLL D. WRIGHT, LL.D.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION

REVISED AFTER OFFICIAL RETURNS

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1899