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being $1,025,619,127, and the exports 

 for the second time crossed the 1,400 

 million line, being $1,419,991,290, or 

 practically 1,420 millions. The single 

 year in which the value of exports ex- 

 ceeded those of 1903 is the fiscal year 

 1 901, when the total was $1,487, 764, 991. 

 The imports exceeded those of 1893 by 

 about 159 million dollars and the ex- 

 ports exceeded those of 1903 by about 

 572 million dollars. The imports, there- 

 fore, have increased 18.4 per cent during 

 the decade and exports have increased 

 67.5 per cent during the same period. 



The growth in importation, which is 

 the most striking characteristic of the 

 year's commerce, is very largely in ma- 

 terials for use in manufacturing. Only 

 eleven months' figures are yet available 

 in such detailed form as to show the in- 

 crease by great groups, but the figures 

 of the eleven months ending with May 

 show that articles in a crude condition 

 for use in manufacturing increased 62 

 million dollars, or about 20 per cent, 

 as compared with the corresponding 

 months of last year; articles partialty 

 manufactured for use in manufacturing 

 increased 4 million dollars, or about 5 

 per cent; articles manufactured and 

 ready for consumption increased 18 mil- 

 lion dollars, or about 13 per cent, and 

 articles of voluntary use, luxuries, &c, 

 increased 14 million dollars, or about 12 

 per cent, while articles of food and live 

 animals increased 15 million dollars, or 

 about 8 per cent. 



WHITE POPULATION OF THE CHIEF 

 BRITISH COLONIES 



MR W. P. REEVES, in a recent 

 issue of the London Times, gives 

 a careful estimate of the population of 

 the principal British colonies, which is 

 just now a matter of special interest. 

 The figures given with regard to it by 

 writers and speakers differ widely. 

 This is not surprising, as most of the 

 statements are based upon official re- 



turns published from two to twelve 

 years ago. In the case of Africa south 

 of Zambesi, it is impossible to hope for 

 exactness, and Mr Reeves has therefore 

 given a figure slightly below what seems 

 to him probably correct. The total — 

 11,075,000 — will doubtless appear low 

 to many British colonists, but not only 

 aborigines, but Asiatics resident in the 

 colonies, have been deducted. 



While Population in July, igoj 



Canada 5,525,000 



Australia 3,860,000 



South Africa 875,000 



New Zealand 815,000 



Total 11,075,000 



For some little time past the average 

 increase of whites in the British colonies 

 has been at the rate of about 20,000 

 per month. 



The Building of Dalny. — Russia, in the 

 name of the Chinese Eastern Railway 

 Company, is making tremendous prog- 

 ress in building the great commercial 

 city of Dalny, which has superseded Port 

 Arthur. The Russian engineers, with 

 20,000 Chinese laborers to earn* out 

 their plans, have already made 50 miles 

 of streets, of which 12 miles are macad- 

 amized; one good-sized dry dock has 

 been built and another dry dock large 

 enough for the largest steamers is nearly 

 completed. Repair shops and foundries, 

 tramways and electric power plants have 

 been constructed. An enormous pier is 

 nearly finished, which is to be 1,925 

 feet long and 350 feet wide, and has a 

 depth of water of from 18 to 28 feet and 

 which will contain seven railway tracks 

 and nine large warehouses. The present 

 population of the city is over 42,000. 

 The Bureau of Statistics of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce and Labor has pub- 

 lished a comprehensive report on ' ' The 

 Building of Dalny," by the U. S. com- 

 mercial agent at Dalny, M. M. Lang- 

 horne (Advance Sheets of Consular Re- 

 ports, July 28, 1903, No. 1708). 



