. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . st of these portsis difficult owing to the formation of haffs. It is, there-fore, necessary for the provision of outports in order toaccommodate the larger ships. The trade is largely inBaltic produce, i. e. dairy produce (especially in thewest), grain, sugar and potatoes; timber, hemp andflax (particularly from the eastern ports). Stettin (out-port Swinemiinde), the third port in the country andthe chief port of Prussia, stands on the Oder. It hasextensive shipbuilding { the famous \ulcan \ards)and sugar-refining i

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. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . st of these portsis difficult owing to the formation of haffs. It is, there-fore, necessary for the provision of outports in order toaccommodate the larger ships. The trade is largely inBaltic produce, i. e. dairy produce (especially in thewest), grain, sugar and potatoes; timber, hemp andflax (particularly from the eastern ports). Stettin (out-port Swinemiinde), the third port in the country andthe chief port of Prussia, stands on the Oder. It hasextensive shipbuilding { the famous \ulcan \ards)and sugar-refining industries. Lilbeck, once more im-portant than Hamburg, was the chief of the cities whichformed the Hanse League for the extension and protec-tion of commerce. Kiel, the port of an important dairy-farming region, also has a large shipbuilding industry. The New Germany. Figs. 63 and 64 give the boundaries of Germany asfixed by the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. The loss ofAlsace-Lorraine, the Saar basin, the small Malmedystrip, German Poland, northern Schleswig and the ports. t Tl I l>KI Fk;. 63.—The New Western Frontier of Germany.

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