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THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK, 1921
VIII.— WORLD'S COTTON SPINDLES.
The following table, compiled by the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, shows an estimate of the total spindles in the world on January 31, 1921 : —
a 1,375,000 spindles destroyed during the war.
6 According to the returns, 5,555,979 spindles are active.
e According to the returns, 0,391,643 spindles are active.
d 750,000 spindles working.
e No returns received.
IX.— FINANCE AND COMMERCE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
The following statistics relating to the financial and commercial condition of various countries have been put together for convenience of reference, not for the purpose of com- parison. Revenue and expenditure, which in some States are raised and expended hy local authorities, are in others included in the national accounts. Debt In some countries is incurred for the sake of profitable investment, while in others it is unproductive and burdensome. With respect to trade, the figures in general show the special imports (or those for home consumption) and the special exports (or those of home produce and manufacture). Specie and bullion are generally excluded.
The statistics are for the most part for the calendar year 1920, or the financial year 1920-21.
Countries
Area in Rq. miles
Population
Keventie
1.000 £ 41,779 19,302 1 '.'4,709 68,780
104, Ml 61,802
Bxpen-
diture
Debt
Imports
1,000 £
170,820
92,017
38,557 204,882
Exports
Aiventina Austria . . Hulguiin . . Brazil . Bulgaria . . China . . .
1,153,119 30,710 11,878
8,876,610
8,533,332 0,138,197 7,577,027 80,646,296 5,517,700 320,050,000
1,000 £ 41,742 47,755 161,886
50,056 15S.1S7 61,970
1,000 £
89,808
770,82*
876,378
81,811
235,330
1,000 £ 201,860
348,323 107,514
199,750
