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Trade of the Protectorates 1900-1906.
Value in 1000 M.

The data for exports and imports for the Kiautschou protectorate are listed on page 25 under the title "trade and transportation"

merchant fleet : (p.5) According to "Nautikus" 1907, on April 1st 1907 936 steamers over 1000 tons sailed under German flag, and 176 sailboats.. 

Navy : The Imperial navy, according to Weyer "Taschenbuch 1908" disposed on January 1st 1908 over finished and currently constructed ships : 22 ships-of-the-line (4 outdated ones not counted, 6 under construction), 8 coastal ironclad vessels, 8 battle cruisers, 27 protected cruisers, 11 unprotected cruisers, 9 gunboats, c. 20 school ships unfit for battle, 11 special ships, 2 port ships and 1 submarine. The combined crew numbers 46,913 men.

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(1) The trade statistics for Togo 1906 lists the imports without the customs tariffs paid; the trade statistics for earler years, however, includes those tariffs.

(2) The figures of all tables for the protectorate of Deutsch-Ostafrika for 1904 and 1905 include only the private goods imported and exported, not those imported resp. exported by the government; the figures for 1906 contain the latter as well.

(3) We have continuing, comparable figures only for the Bismarck-Archipelago.

(4) The figures until 1902 inclusive pertain to the fiscal year, for the years since 1903 on the calendar year.

(5) The figures pertain to the calendar year.

(6) The figures for the years prior to 1902 pertain to the fiscal year.

(7) The figures for 1900 and 1901 pertain to the fiscal year, the others to 
the calendar year.

(8) The small trade of the American Samoa Islands is included.

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