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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
I. Trade of Independent Countries other than of Europe and North America.
| Names of Countries. | Number of Inhabitants. |
Importations. Thousands of dollars. |
Exportations. Thousands of dollars. |
Imports per capita. Dollars. |
Exports per capita. Dollars. |
| Asia (1895). | |||||
| China * | 383,253 | 128,772 | 107,499 | .34 | .28 |
| Japan † | 42,270 | 90,681 | 62,443 | 2.14 | 1.47 |
| All other states | 27,000 | 30,000 | 32,000 | 1.10 | 1.18 |
| America. | |||||
| Argentina ‡ | 4,000 | 103,058 | 108,671 | 26.50 | 27.17 |
| Brazil # | 16,000 | 96,000 | 97,000 | 6.00 | 6.06 |
| Chile ‖ | 2,700 | 69,200 | 72,900 | 25.62 | 27.00 |
| Peru △ | 2,600 | 7,560 | 9,000 | 2.90 | 3.30 |
| Mexico ◊ | 12,600 | 42,000 | 22,000 | 3.32 | 1.76 |
| Uruguay ⤈ | 800 | 25,000 | 30,000 | 31.25 | 37.50 |
| Venezuela ↕ | 2,300 | 17,000 | 22,000 | 7.40 | 9.56 |
| All other states | 11,300 | 34,000 | 46,800 | 3.00 | 4.14 |
| South Africa | |||||
| Independent states | 1,000 | 75,000 | 12,000 | 75.00 | 12.00 |
| Total independent states | 505,800 | 718,271 | 622,313 | ||
| Asiatic states | 452,500 | 249,453 | 201,942 | ||
| American and South African | 53,300 | 468,818 | 420,371 |
| * Haikwan tael, 74.9 cents. | † Yen, 52.9 cents. | ‡ Peso, gold, 96.5 cents. | |
| # Milreis, paper (1896), 20½ cents. | ‖ Peso, gold. | △ Soler, 43 cents. | |
| ◊ Dollar (47 cents) for exports, | ⤈ Peso, $1. | ↕ Bolivar, 19.3 cents. | |
| gold dollar for imports. | |||
The year is 1896, and where a different one is taken it is so marked against the country in the table. The figures only represent the direct merchandise trade. All specie and bullion shipments are eliminated from the account.
II. Trade of India and Dependencies and of Colonies and other Possessions of the
United Kingdom (Year ending March, 1897).
| Names of Colonies and other Possessions. |
Number of inhabitants. Thousands. |
Importations. Thousands of dollars. |
Exportations. Thousands of dollars. |
Imports per capita. Dollars. |
Exports per capita. Dollars. |
| India and its dependencies * | 290,690 | 284,026 | 378,732 | .97 | 1.30 |
| Colonies. | |||||
| Cape Colony | 1,820 | 91,800 | 39,000 | 50.04 | 20.15 |
| Natal | 778 | 18,000 | 6,500 | 23.15 | 8.20 |
| Gold Coast and other Central African possessions | 36,700 | 19,000 | 17,000 | .52 | .46 |
| Canada | 5,125 | 118,000 | 121,000 | 23.05 | 24.04 |
| West Indies | 3,614 | 30,000 | 25,000 | 8.33 | 6.94 |
| Australasia and Oceanica | 4,793 | 204,500 | 210,000 | 42.65 | 43.75 |
| Trade of all countries under British flag | 343,520 | 765,326 | 797,232 | ||
| Trade of colonies with white population | 16,130 | 461,320 | 411,584 | ||
| Trade of Asiatic dependencies | 290,690 | 284,026 | 378,732 |
- Rupee, 32 cents. For Straits Settlement and Ceylon, Mexican dollars @ 47 cents.
