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would be necessary if the three Dominions are to supply 

 most of the United Kingdom's imports ? This can be 

 discovered by ascertaining the amount of labour which 

 would be requisite to enable the United Kmgdom and 

 the Dominions to provide themselves with food and raw 

 materials ; and an approximate estimate as to this can 

 be arrived at by observing the number performing these 

 services among other nations of the world. 



From Table No. XVIII it will be seen that in Europe 

 the proportion of agricultural workers is one in five, while 

 in the New Worlds it is only one in ten. This is because 

 the New World agriculture is two or three times more 

 productive than that of Europe. If the agricultural 

 products of the United Kingdom for the future are 



Table No. XIX 



Table showing population of United Kingdom, 

 Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and proportion 

 now engaged in agriculture. 



obtained mainly from the Dominions, it will be sufficient 

 to make a provision for the Dominions and the United 

 Kingdom of one agricultural worker to ten of population. 

 Table No. XIX shows the present number of 

 agriculturists in the three Dominions and in the Home 



