THE WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9249, 31 December 1888, Page 6

THE WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY.

According to the St. James' Gazette, the returns from different countries, as well as the estimates for Great Britain and America, were sufficiently' definite to warrant the compilation of tho following tablo of the production and requirements of tho cereal: — Estimated ' Estimated production, requirements. United Kingdom .. 8,000,000 25,500,000 Belgium and Holland 3,157,000 0,000,000 France 32,800,000 411,000,000 Italy 14,000,000 19,000.000 Spain and Portugal .. 14,500,000 '16,250,000 Ottoman Empire .. 10,500,000 in,750, Greece 550,000 1,000,000 Germany .. .. 12,825.000 14,600,000 Austria-Hungary ._ 10,000,000 10,500,000 Switzerland .. ... 200, 1,350,000 Roumania .. .. 2,750,000 2,000,000 Russia .. ... .. 5i,300,000 27,500,000 India 23,502,000 24,000,000 United States.. „. 51,012,255 40,000,000 Australasia .. ... 5,000,000 3,500,000 South Africa .. .. 1,000,000 1,500,000 Egypt 2,250,000 . 2,000,000 South America .. 5,000,000 4,000,000 Canada.. .. 4,000,000 3,000,000 Total .. .. 258,330,255 200,850,000 As the requirements of nob a few countries considerably exceed their production, tho resources of international commerce will be taxed to move tho wheat from tho producing to the purchasing countries of tho world.