FRANCE 1870 16% ENGLAND 1844 34% BELGIUM 1875 42% PRUSSIA 1865 31% RUSSIA 1910 61% U.S.A. 1871 30% Table 11. FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OF THE CHIEF LENDERS expressed in millions of current American dollars COUNTRY 1870 1910 1914 % of 1914 U.K. 4,900 12,000 20,000 44.0% FRANCE 2,500 5,800 9,050 19.9% GERMANY 4,800 5,800 12.8% U.S. 100 500 3,500 7.8% OTHER 500 1,100 7,100 18.6% TOTAL 45,450 100.0% Source: Sidney Pollard, Exports, 1870 - 1914', 2nd ser., 38 (November 1985). Economic History Review, ‘Capital Table 12: RAILWAY TRACKS OPEN AT DECENNIAL INTERVALS, 1840 - 1914, in kilometres:
FRANCE 1870 16% ENGLAND 1844 34% BELGIUM 1875 42% PRUSSIA 1865 31% RUSSIA 1910 61% U.S.A. 1871 30% Table 11. FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OF THE CHIEF LENDERS expressed in millions of current American dollars COUNTRY 1870 1910 1914 % of 1914 U.K. 4,900 12,000 20,000 44.0% FRANCE 2,500 5,800 9,050 19.9% GERMANY 4,800 5,800 12.8% U.S. 100 500 3,500 7.8% OTHER 500 1,100 7,100 18.6% TOTAL 45,450 100.0% Source: Sidney Pollard, ‘Capital Exports, 1870 - 1914', Economic History Review, 2nd ser., 38 (November 1985). Table 12: RAILWAY TRACKS OPEN AT DECENNIAL INTERVALS, 1840 - 1914, in kilometres: