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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



I. TVade of Independent Countries other than of Europe and North America. 



Names or Coiintries. 



Asia (1895). 



China* 



Japan f 



All other states 



America. 



Argentina % 



Brazil ** 



Chile II 



Peru ^ 



Mexico ^ 



Uruguay J 



Venezuela ^ 



All other states 



South Africa 

 Independent states .... 



Total independent states . 



Asiatic states 



American and South African, 



Number of 

 InhabitaDtB. 



383,253 



42,270 

 27,000 



4,000 

 16,000 



2,700 



2,600 



12,600 



800 



2,300 

 11,300 



1,000 



505,800 



452,500 

 53,300 



Importa- 

 tions. Tlion- 

 sandB of dol 

 lars. 



128,772 

 90,681 

 30,000 



103,058 

 96,000 

 69,200 

 7,560 

 42,000 

 25,000 

 17,000 

 34,000 



75,000 



718,271 



249,453 



468,818 



Imports Exports 



Exporta- 



smX of doT P^"" •^''P'^^- P^"" <^^P'^- 

 lare Dollars. Dollars. 



107,499 

 62,443 

 32,000 



108,671 

 97,000 

 72,900 

 9,000 

 22,000 

 30,000 

 22,000 

 46,800 



12,000 



622,313 



201,942 

 420,371 



.34 

 2.14 

 1.10 



26.50 

 6.00 



25.62 

 2.90 

 3.32 



75.00 



.28 

 1.47 

 1.18 



27.17 

 6.06 



27.00 

 3.30 

 1.76 



37.50 

 9.56 

 4.14 



12.00 



* Haikwan tael, 74.9 cents. 

 « Milreis, paper (1896), 20^ cents*. 

 ^ Dollar (47 cents) for exports, 

 gold dollar for imports. 



f Yen, 52.9 cents. 

 II Peso, gold. 



X Peso, $1. 



X Peso, gold, 96.5 cents. 

 ^ Soler, 43 cents. 

 ^ Boliyar, 19.3 cents. 



The year is 189 G, and where a different one is taken it is so marked 

 against the country in the table. The figures only represent the 

 direct merchandise trade. All specie and bullion shipments are 

 eliminated from the account. 



//. Trade of India and Dependencies and of Colonies and other Possessions of the 

 United Kingdom {Year ending March, 1897). 



Names of Colonies and other 

 Possessions. 



India and its depemlencies * . . 

 Colonics. 



Cape Colony 



Natal 



Gold Coast and other Central Af- 

 rican possessions 



Canada 



West Indies 



Australasia and Oceanica 



Trade of all countries under 

 British flag 



Trade of colonies with white pop- 

 ulation 



Trade of Asiatic dependencies. . . 



Number of 

 inhabitants. 

 Thousands. 



290,690 



1,820 



778 



36,700 

 5,125 

 3,614 

 4,793 



343,520 



16,130 

 290,690 



Importa- 

 tions. 

 Thousands 

 of dollars. 



284,026 



91,800 

 18,000 



19,000 

 118,000 



30,000 

 204,600 



765,326 



461,320 

 284,026 



Exporta- 



tions. 



Thousands 



of dollars. 



378,732 



39,000 

 6,500 



17,000 

 121,000 



25,000 

 210,000 



797,232 



411,584 

 378,732 



Imports Exports 



per capita. 'per capita. 



Dollars. Dollars. 



.97 



50.04 

 23.15 



.52 



23.05 



8.33 



42.65 



1.30 



20.15 

 8.20 



.46 



.24.04 



6.94 



43.75 



* Rupee, 32 cents. For Straits Settlement and Ceylon, Mexican dollars @ 47 cents. 



