Maps and Diagrams of the World's Commerce 





Tiie abovo maps are drawn on a uniform scale of i ; 50,000,000, 

 or 790 miles to the inch. They are coloured to show generally the 

 present Commercial Development of tllC British Empire. The {;reen 

 tint covers the Commercial and .Mining areas opened up by railways 

 and more or less under crops or pasture. The buff tint shows the 

 lands available for settlement, but at present outside the influence of 

 the world's Commerce. The deserts and other dry regions of Egypt 

 and Australia, the tundra lands of Canada, the"^ mountain-regions 

 and other wastes are coloured brown. The railways, shown by red 

 lines, indicate tlie main lines of traffic in India and the Colonies 



The diagrams given below show the acreage under crops 

 pasture, forests, etc., in the principal British possessions. The pink 

 tmt shows the arable, pastoral, and forest lands actually in occupa- 

 tion, and the blue tint indicates virgin forests, areas not yet settled 

 and waste lands unfit for cultivation. Most of the pastoral runs in 

 the Australian Commonwealth could support a much greater number 

 of sheep than are at present pastured on them. It is estimated that 

 about a third of the area of Canada is suitable for agriculture, but 

 much of this area is still covered with virgin forest. In the United 

 Kingdom about thirteen and a half million acres still lie waste. 



AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE PRINCIPAL BRITISH POSSESSIONS 



UNITED KINGDOM 77,200,000 ACRES 





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CROPS & GRASS, 37,156,000 ACRES 



nOlVflNlON OF CANADA 2.487.000.000 ACRES 



FORESTS 800,000,000 ACRES 



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HlA\Hs/k HILL5 USED F6RflftA£lN^23,4li,ooo ACRES W6o6'i WAStfe! i^ i^lo66 ACR E S ' 



3,038,000 

 ACRES 



TUNDRA, MOUNTAm RANGES, WATER & LAND NOT AT PRESENT AVAILABLE FOR SETTLEMENT 



1,651,000.000 ACRES 





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PASTORAL RUNS 530,000,000 ACREO ' 



AUSri^ALIAN COMMONWEALTH l.8f^2,70O,0O0 ACRES 



FORESTS 



122,000,000 



ACRES 



LAND SUITABLE FOR SETTLEMENT, 



SCRUB & MOUNTAIN AREAS 



659,000,000 ACRES 



AREA WITH LESS THAN 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL 



550,000,000 ACRES 



CULTIVATED LAND 13,600,000 ACRES 



N EW ZEALAND 67,040,000 ACRES 



ARABLE & PASTUR:: lamp S5, 000,000 ACRES 



CULTIVABLE LAND 26,000,000 ACR ES 



CAPE COLONY 176.300.000 ACRES 



FORESTS 30,000,000 ACRES 



WASTE 

 7,440,000 ACRES 



OCCUPIED LAND & NATJVE LOCATrONS 11,040,000 ACRES 



NATAL 22J£.aOpO_ACRE.S 



LAND NOT YET SETTLED, DRV REGION 4 MOUNTAIN AREAS QT,30O,0OO ACRES 



INDIAN EMPIRE 732,800 



NOT SETTLED, MOUNTAIN AREAS ETC- 11,600,000 ACRES 



Cultivated LArra 2:^,000,0^ acres ./ -^ 



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FALLOWS 



50,000,000 



ACRES 



FORESTS 

 100,000,000 ACRES 



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CULTIVABLE WASTE 

 140,000,000 ACRES 



NOT AVAILABLE FOR CULTIVATION 

 192.600,000 ACRES 



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