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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SECTION A. 



TABLE V. 



Estimate of the Coal Reserves of the World. 

 (In million tons.) 



Expressed in percentages we have : — 



Coal Reserves of the World. Per cent. 



America 69 



Asia 17.3 



Europe 10.6 



Oceania 2.4 



Africa o.S 



and taking a more detailed snb-division we get : — 



Coal Reserves of the World. 



Percentage of total. 



United States 51.8 



Canada 16.4 



China 13 -5 



Germany 5-7 



(ireat Britain 2.6 



Siberia 2.4 



Australia 2.2 



Russia 0.8 



South Africa 0.8 



Other Countries 3.8 



100. o 



From the same source the coal resources of Africa are given 

 as follows : — 



