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Imperial Conference which met in 191 1 resolved that 

 inquiry into the resources of the Dominions should be 

 undertaken, and on the 15th day of April 1912 there was 

 constituted the Dominions Royal Commission. The 

 Commission visited Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 

 held upwards of a hundred sittings, and received evi- 

 dence from some 500 witnesses. 



Table No. XV sets out the amount of imports with 

 which the three Dominions must supply the United 

 Kingdom if her general exchanges are to take place 

 with them. 



Table No. XV 



Table showing (roughly) the amount of the imports 

 of the United Kingdom which should be supplied by 

 Canada, Australia and New Zealand if the exchanges 

 of the United Kingdom are to take place in the main 

 with those three countries. 



Millions. 

 Average imports into the United Kingdom for the 



five years 1909-13 ..... £~'^<^ 



Less re-exports ...... 1 00 



Net imports for home consumption . . . . ;^6oo 



Of which imports of manufactured goods . . ;{ioo 



Imports of miscellaneous goods not suited for pro- 

 duction in the three Dominions ... 50 



150 



Leaving as balance amount of United Kingdom 

 imports which should be supplied by the three 

 Dominions ...... . /450 



Of this amount the three Dominions sent us 

 annually (1909-13) only ..... 82 



Leaving amount by which the exports of these 

 Dominions to the United Kingdom would need 

 to be increased ...... .{368 



Before the war the United Kingdom imported every 

 year 700 million pounds' worth of commodities, but the 



