Fourteen years ago, the crude petroleum production in the oil-fields of Mexico was officially recorded for the first time. Its remarkable progress since that time will be seen from the following table, the figures being in barrels of 42 gallons-- _Year._ _Barrels._ 1904 220,653 1905 320,379 1906 1,097,264 1907 1,717,690 1908 3,481,610 1909 2,488,742 1910 3,332,807 1911 14,051,643 1912 16,558,215 1913 25,902,439 1914 21,188,427 1915 32,910,508 1916 39,817,402 1917 55,292,770 1918 64,605,422 GALICIAN CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION The output of crude petroleum in the Galician fields during the past thirty years is given herewith-- _Year._ _Barrels._ 1888 466,537 1889 515,268 1890 659,012 1891 630,730 1892 646,220 1893 692,669 1894 949,146 1895 1,452,999 1896 2,443,080 1897 2,226,368 1898 2,376,108 1899 2,313,047 1900 2,346,505 1901 3,251,544 1902 4,142,159 1903 5,234,475 1904 5,947,383 1905 5,765,317 1906 5,467,967 1907 8,455,841 1908 12,612,295 1909 14,932,799 1910 12,673,688 1911 10,519,270 1912 8,535,174 1913 7,818,130 1914 5,033,350 1915 4,158,899 1916 6,461,706 1917 5,965,447 1918 4,341,050 GERMANY’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION Official figures were first recorded of Germany’s crude oil production in 1880, when the total output for the twelve months was about 9,000 barrels. For the past thirty years, the yearly output has been as under-- _Year._ _Barrels._ 1888 84,782 1889 68,217 1890 108,296 1891 108,929 1892 101,404 1893 99,390 1894 122,564 1895 121,277 1896 145,061 1897 165,745 1898 183,427 1899 192,232 1900 358,297 1901 313,630 1902 353,674 1903 445,818 1904 637,431 1905 560,963 1906 578,610 1907 756,631 1908 1,009,278 1909 1,018,837 1910 1,032,522 1911 1,017,045 1912 1,031,050 1913 1,002,700 1914 936,400 1915 960,430 1916 948,320 1917 995,764 1918 820,310 EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE UNITED STATES The following table gives the total export movement of petroleum products from the United States from the year 1865, when American petroleum products commenced to have an international overseas market-- _Year._ _Gallons._ _Value in Dollars._