THE WEALTH OF THE EMPIRE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13290, 20 May 1907, Page 7

THE WEALTH OF THE EMPIRE.

REMARKABLE FIGURES. , Few people (says the London '' Daily Mail") are able to realise, the immense wealth which is every year produced from the 11,314,000 square miles which comprise the British Empire. Setae remarkable figures, from which Some idea of this can be obtained, are to be found in the "Statistical Abstract of the British Em : pire," issued in the form uf a Yellow Book. Calculations from the figures contained therein s-how. that within the past ten years the Empire has yielded to its inhabitants the following:— £ Coal • 970,000,000 Diamonds '55,000,000 Gold ; 288,000,0)0 Silver 10,000,000 Copper 28,000,000 Tin ~ 64,000,000 In addition to these little items, which represent a total wealth of £1,415,000,000, the Empire litis al ß ,o provided within the ten years the following valuable products : Iron ore (tons) 115,000,000 Pi.r iron (tons) 95,000,000 Wheat (bushels) .- .'.' 4,850,000,000 Barley (bushels) 970,000,000 Oats "(bushels) , 3,400,000,000 Maize (bushels) 370,000,000 Wine (gallons) -..' 110,000,000 Tea (lbs ) 3,600.000,000 Coffee (lbs.) 420,000,000 Raw sugar (cwts') 560,000,000 Rubber (lbs.) 103,000,000 Cotton (lbs.) .12,0:0,000,000 This by no means exhausts the wealth that is produced from and on the land of the Empire. .Among its other possessions Horsed ....: • Horned cattle 119,400,000 Slwep •••■■■ 152,000,000 It is interesting to note that the sheep produce between them 872,0O0;O0Olbs of wool every year: