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ANALES DE I.A SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



SUMMARY OF GENERAL EFFECTS OF PEESENT WAE 

 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ' 



In table 33 is given a suramary of tlie general effects of the preseiit 

 warinthe United Kingdoin,wliichhavebeennnderconsideration.These 

 eífects are expressed by percentages of increase (-[-) or decrease ( — ) in 

 the diifereiit things specified in the table, and during peace and war time. 



TABLE 33. — Summary of general effects of present wa?- in the United Eingdom 

 (Per cent of iucrease [+] or decrease [ — ]) 



Studeuts in Uuiversities in United Kingdom .... 

 Children in the elemeutary schools of Scotland. . 

 Children in the elementary schools of Irel'and. . . 

 Books and special publications printed in United 



Kingdom 



Price of wheat in England and Wales 



Persons accepting relief in England and Wales . . 

 Price of beef (fresh or refrigerated) in United 



Kingdom 



England and Wales : 

 Persons convicted of serious crimes 



— less serions crimes 



— miuor oífences ■ 



Crime in general : Persons convicted 



Plaints of all kinds in County Conrts of England 



and Wales 



Male births for every 100 female births in Scotland 



Births in United Kingdom 



Deaths in United Kingdom 



Marriages in United Kingdom 



Bankruptcies in England and Wales 



Persons receiving relief in United Kingdom . . . . 

 Convicted of serious crimes in United Kingdom . 



United Kingdom : 

 Average price of potatoes 



— refined sugar 



— milk 



— tea 



— cotton goods 



—20.1 



— 2.0 



— 0.1 



—14.2 



' See Statesman Year Boolc, Sfatistical Abstracfs of United Kingdom and Beports 

 of Registrar Generáis for years noted. 



