Owing
to the difficulty of obtaining accurate statistics since the beginning
of the European war, estimates have been made for 1914 and 1915 for
some foreign countries, and for a few others, from lack of basis for
estimates, the figures for preceding years have been repeated.
The
figures given for the years 1904 to 1912, inclusive, are from the
reports of the Director of the Mint. The statistics for 1913 to 1915,
inclusive, were adjusted in conferences between the Mint and the
Geological Survey.
The
notable increase of total world's output of gold culminated in a new
record of $470,466,214 in 1915, following a decline from the previous
record of $466,136,100 in 1912 to $439,078,278 in 1914. The principal
gains for 1915 as compared with 1914 are shown below.
