This page has been validated.
196
ADVANCED AUSTRALIA
The statement appended shows the relative importance of the Australasian Colonies as a market for the productions of the United Kingdom: —
| £ | |
| British India and Ceylon | 31,103,596 |
| Germany | 22,244,405 |
| Australasia | 21,888,292 |
| U.S.A. | 20,424,225 |
| France | 14,151,512 |
| South Africa | 13.821,357 |
| Holland | 8,333.935 |
| Belgium | 7,816,152 |
| Other countries—less than £700,000 in each case. |
The Australasian Colonies, with a population of 4½ millions, thus take third place as consumers of our produce, the exports thereto being more that two-thirds the value of those to British India, with 290 million inhabitants.
TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
