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Country, and indicates by how many they would have 

 to be augmented to allow these territories to be mutually 

 self-supporting. 



The combined population of the United Kingdom, 

 Australia, New Zealand, and Canada being sixty millions, 

 they would on a ten per cent, basis require an agri- 

 cultural population of six millions for the satisfaction of 

 their needs. The present number of their agriculturists 

 being four millions, it would be necessary to augment 

 them by a further two millions, and this is the first 

 number which we obtain of the amount of population 

 which the United Kingdom would be required to supply 

 to the three Dominions. 



Table No. XX 



Table showing the number of transport, trade and 

 domestic workers employed in relation to agricultural 

 workers. 



But the modern agriculturists require to be furnished 

 with assistance in the shape of transporters and per- 

 formers of trade and domestic services, and, in the 

 experience of the New Worlds, the number of transport, 

 trade and domestic workers must about equal that of 

 the agriculturists. This appears from Table No. XX. 



