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FOREIGN COUNTRIES 



is lightly made that in France " the tentacles 

 of the great towns have sucked in the agri- 

 cultural labourer almost, if not quite, as 

 voraciously as they have in England." It is 

 true that in most countries a process of 

 urbanisation is going on and the agricultural 

 population is declining relatively to the 

 industrial and commercial, but the following 

 comparative statistics show the vast dif- 

 ference between this country and all others 

 for which information is available : — 



