CHAPTER VII 



It is not enough, however, to show that a country 

 possesses the land for an agricultural production ; it 

 is necessary also to inquire how far this land is suitable 

 for the many very different sorts of production that 

 modern states call for. Table No. XVII exhibits in 

 detail the requirements of the United Kingdom in raw 

 commodities. 



This table shows how far the three Dominions are 

 already supplying the United Kingdom with her 

 imports of raw commodities ; by how much they must 

 increase their exports if they are to satisfy all her 

 needs ; and in what cases they have hitherto furnished 

 none of her requirements and must create new industries. 

 The commodities have been placed in categories 

 according to the ease or difhculty with which the pro- 

 duction of them by the Dominions can be enlarged or 

 created. These commodities will be considered seriatim, 

 and the capacity of the three Dominions to produce 

 them sufficiently for the United Kingdom's requirements 

 or to produce them at all will be examined. 



The following is the table (No. XVII) showing how 

 the United Kingdom was supplied with food and raw 

 materials (for her own consumption) from 1909 to 

 1913: 



(There were in addition the fifty million pounds' 

 worth of miscellaneous imports referred to in Table 

 No. XV.) 



