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WAGES AND EMPIRE 



The First Category 



Cereals. — The cereals which the United Kingdom 

 imports comprise the following varieties : 



Wheat. — In the face of the finding of the Com- 

 mission as to the available supplies of wheat-land in 

 Canada and Austraha there can be no question of the 

 ability of those countries to supply the United Kingdom 

 with the large amount of wheat which she now imports 

 from other countries. 



Barley, Oats, Maize, Peas, and Beans. — The following 

 are the areas devoted to these cultivations in the three 

 Dominions : 



The large areas which they already devote to these 

 cultures afford proof of the capacity of the three 

 Dominions to provide all the United Kingdom imports 



