The British Empire.
At a late meeting, held at Montreal, of die 1 iritis'll Association f..r the Advancement ,-f .'vteiice. Mr Ihehard Temple. as the president ,-.f dm- Economic .Science ami Statistics rjeetioti, sp -ke ;u his address on the •■lieiier.i' Statistics of the L’ritish l.iiipiie. In the course of his iuldress lie show is 1 •
1 hat the Empire alre.nlj- incliules one ni:;i of the habitable udobe.
in.tr the tvlfle lliticloo race is subject t" the British crown.
i ti it in tv* aid t i >h- tuiers, the empiie ■nupas.se i all nations put together in numbers, and nearly e.jnals them all put in sailing vessels. i l;at the Empire owns one third of the en’iiv trade of tin- world.
iliat -''.l jj-ir cent of the capital and deposits of the world used in banking belongs to the empire.
lieu llntsh iinmifactures form onudui'l of those of all Europe put together riitt the wealth of tiie Empire s'ands at the mcoiiccivat.lu total of ETd.ijTtJ.tKJO.tXHi, sl.iiwiiig the Hi it <!i to h t . *• thy richest state oil the (ace of the earth.’ 1
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1694, 15 June 1885, Page 3
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184The British Empire. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1694, 15 June 1885, Page 3
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