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Map No. 2. National Frontage and Way Stations on the Pacific (see page 311) 



millions ; Straits Settlements, 150 mil- 

 lions ; Australasia, 250 millions ; India, 

 which, while not strictly a Pacific coun- 

 try, is in easy reach from its western 

 waters, 300 millions, while adding to 

 these Asiatic Russia, Korea, French 

 Indo-China, Siam, Ceylon, the Dutch 

 East Indies, the Philippines, and Ha- 

 waii, the total reaches about one billion 

 three hundred millions. To this we 

 must add, in a statement of the busi- 

 ness of the Pacific, the commerce of the 

 American countries fronting upon that 

 ocean, which would bring the total im- 

 ports, exclusive of those of the United 

 States, up to nearly a billion and a half 

 dollars. Of this vast aggregate of im- 



ports a very large share is of the class 

 of materials for which our producers 

 and manufacturers are seeking a mar- 

 ket. Of the imports of China, over one- 

 third are cotton manufactures, another 

 third miscellaneous manufactures, in- 

 cluding machinery, iron and steel man- 

 ufactures, and mineral oils, while fish, 

 flour, and canned goods also form a con- 

 siderable share of the total. In Japan 

 raw cotton, of which we are the world's 

 chief producer, forms the largest item, 

 while manufactures of iron and steel, 

 flour, machinery, engines, kerosene oil, 

 and tobacco also form important factors 

 in the grand total. In Australasia cot- 

 ton and woolen goods, manufactures of 



