Stocks of Money in Thirteen Principal Countries of the World in 1873, 293 1896 and 1906.
Relative increase in use of gold, silver and paper money illustrated.
============================================================== | Stock of Gold. | Countries. +--------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1873. | 1896. | 1906. | ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ United States | $135,000,000| $696,300,000|$1,593,300,000| Great Britain | 160,000,000| 584,000,000| 486,700,000| France | 450,000,000| 772,000,000| 926,400,000| Germany | 160,200,000| 654,500,000| 1,030,300,000| Russia | 149,100,000| 586,900,000| 939,400,000| Italy | 20,000,000| 96,900,000| 215,500,000| Belgium | 25,000,000| 35,000,000| 31,100,000| Netherlands | 12,000,000| 21,900,000| 45,900,000| Austria-Hungary | 35,000,000| 178,500,000| 306,400,000| Australasia | 50,000,000| 132,100,000| 125,000,000| Denmark | 4,100,000| 15,400,000| 22,600,000| Sweden | 1,800,000| 10,600,000| 22,600,000| Norway | 7,600,000| 7,500,000| 8,300,000| ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ Total | 1,209,800,000| 2,791,600,000| 5,753,500,000| ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
============================================================== | Stock of Silver. | Countries. +--------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1873. | 1896. | 1906. | ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ United States | $ 6,150,000| $364,500,000| $698,700,000| Great Britain | 95,000,000| 121,700,000| 116,800,000| France | 500,000,000| 443,900,000| 411,100,000| Germany | 306,235,000| 212,800,000| 219,700,000| Russia | 18,600,000| 74,200,000| 77,900,000| Italy | 23,000,000| 45,400,000| 31,700,000| Belgium | 15,000,000| 57,000,000| 24,700,000| Netherlands | 37,300,000| 56,100,000| 52,600,000| Austria-Hungary | 40,000,000| 63,700,000| 105,300,000| Australasia | 3,000,000| 7,000,000| 10,000,000| Denmark | 7,500,000| 5,400,000| 6,100,000| Sweden | 4,300,000| 4,900,000| 7,700,000| Norway | 1,600,000| 2,000,000| 3,100,000| ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ Total | 1,057,685,000| 1,728,600,000| 1,765,400,000| ----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+