CHIEF CITIES OF THE EMPIRE
Interesting .figures relating to population are given in the '‘Statistical Abstract" lor the British Empire, recently issued (Bays the “Daily Mall”). The buiii of the volume is devoted to figures relating to the trade and shipping of the > Empire. It is interesting to note the relative population of the great cities of the Empire, as estimated in 1910: London (County) ...... 4,875,000 Calcutta and Port 1,031,000 Bombay and Cantonments... 978,000 Manchester and Salford 960,000 Glasgow Liverpool ............... 768,000 Sydney —— 605,000 Birmingham 570,000 Madras - .... 569,000 Melbourne .... ....... 562,000 Montreal 500,000 As regards the trade of the BriMsh Emphe, its total value in 1909 amounted .te £1,696.000,000, of which 75.2 per cent, was foreign, and 24.8 Tier cent, was intra-Im perial. The best foreign customer of the Empire is the United States of America, which takes £105,000:000 of , the Empire's exports. Next follows Germany, with £82.000.000; and then France. with £57.000,000.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7446, 22 May 1911, Page 8
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151CHIEF CITIES OF THE EMPIRE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7446, 22 May 1911, Page 8
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