COLONIAL EXPANSION AND FOREIGN TRADE. 65 



In examining tliese tables carefully the reader can form an idea 

 as to how the world's trade is divided, and see what the world is arm- 

 ing to its teeth about. 



The only Asiatic country about whose trade the possibilities of 

 war may be entertained is China. Japan has shown her teeth and 



///. Trade of Foreign Possessions of all other Countries than the United Kingdom. 



C0UNTEIE8 AND THEIR Colonial 



Possessions. 



A. France {ISM). 



Asia 



Africa, outside of Algeria and 



Tunis 



America and Oceanica 



B. Germany (1897). 



Africa 



New Guinea 



C. Italy. 



Africa 



D. Netherlands (1895). 



East India 



E. 

 Philippines 



Number of 



inhabitants 



in thou- 



21,821 



24,500 

 460 



10,200 

 400 



400 



34,000 



7,600 



Importations 

 in tbou- 

 gancis of 

 dollars. 



16,000 



13,000 

 14,500 



2,189 

 72 



5,600 



61,000 



11,000 



Exportations 

 in thou- 

 sands of 

 dollars. 



25,000 



22,000 

 12,600 



1,078 

 50 



3,000 



89,600 



20,000 



Imports 



per capita. 



Dollars. 



.73 



.53 

 31.50 



.21 



.18 



1.80 

 1.50 



Exports 



per capita. 



Dollars. 



1.14 



.50 

 27.40 



.10 

 .12 



2.63 



2.63 



claws. The history of Poland, Port Arthur, or Kiao-tchow is not 

 likely to find repetition on her territory. Only the defenseless tempt 

 the avidity of the civilizing nations. The import trade of China, an 

 empire with one fourth the population of the entire world, is but 

 half as much again as that of Japan, with but one ninth of the popu- 

 lation of the Celestial Empire. Japan's trade has trebled within the 

 last dozen years. Her imports of merchandise are over two dollars 

 per capita. Those of China are thirty-four cents. It will be said 



Summary of Statistical Tables of the Trade of Colonies and Dependencies of European 

 States and of Independent States other than of Europe and the United States. 



Names of Divisions by 



Countries, Colonies, 



AND Baces. 



Totals of tabulations I, 

 II, and III 



Under British flag 



Under all other flags . . 



Peoples of European 

 descent 



Peoples of other races. 



Anglo-Saxon 



Latin- American 



Asiatic races 



African races 



States and colonies, wool 

 chief export 



VOL. LV. — 6 



Number of 



inhabitants 



in thousands. 



1,584,099 

 343,520 

 605,180 



69,430 

 879,271 



l7,loU 



52,300 

 806,611 



72,500 



11,100 



Importa- 

 tions. 

 Thousands 

 of dollars. 



1,587,758 

 765,320 

 818,779 



909,020 

 675,079 

 519,300 

 389,700 

 618,079 

 57,000 



441,300 



Exports. 

 Per cent 

 to total. 



100.0 

 60.0 

 49.8 



52.4 

 47.6 

 25.7 

 26.7 

 44.0 

 3.6 



24.9 



