GERMAN TRADE.
r~ • fi?Tlrei - ?ITeil 111 Mr. X & Craig s address at tee anneal HwauL t, the Employers' Association are to mak a nervous Britisher tKflSthe end of British supremacy • ° w/p in sight, Fortunately there „ - facts i that go to sho ' B " that 'Here i« e-'i] a little life leit in the " dear little ;-t- h ",-' mZZ et \J W ? ld fim ask ««*» member the relative population and of the United Kingdom and Genaaav iC, population of the United Kingdom "i, 46? millions and the area 120,60 l miW , as against Germany s jx>paiarioa of 65 m--i lions and area of 203.i50 square mile* n» ! total ,„d, of th, Um«3 : ports a " Alports, exclusive of bullion. <« i 1240 millions, and oi Germanv 555 million. •Again, taking the trade with «nmtri« | where equal opportunities are granted tn I either country, the exports are as follows . ' -Argentine: lnited Kingdom, 108 mi]. i lions; Germany. 65 millions. Mexicoi , nlt . Kingdom. 60 millions: Germanv 35 millions Brazil: United Kingdom l&t millions; Germany. 94 millions Unit J j States: nited Kingdom. 261 million - | Germany. 165 millions. Purine the last j live } ears British trade has increased bv over 93 millions per annum. F nailv just one word about the trade of New Zealand" , Many people honestly think that Gennanv is s.owly, but surelv. equeeiini: Great : Britain out of the trade of Xew Zealand. j The actual facts are that for the Tea* - IQl* Jwe imported from the United "Kingdom nearly £12.000.000 and from Geimanr I £620.000. We exported to the United i Kinedom £21.000 000 and to Germany I £456.000. To show what a senous menace ; German trade is to the Dominion we actu--1 ally import nearly as much from Germany jas we do from Fiji, the rigures being as 1 follows:—lmports from Germany, as • given above. £620.000: and from Fiji £/08.000. Of course, it is understood that ; the figures given" above are comparative I only, m some cases the basis of compariI son being value in pound* sterling and in j other cases in the standard coin of the ; country referred to. Frank Colbecx.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 4
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