34,000 square miles of Greenland belong to Denmark, and this area has 10,000 inhabitants. It produces 12,000 barrels uf whale-blabber a year, Of the 196,500.000 Mahommedans ia the world, only 18 million live in Turkey. 8 in every 1,000 wounded soldiers get lockjaw, and 70 per cent, of lockjaw cases are fatal. Oat of £1 worth of iron may be made £3 worth of horseshoes, £4O worth of knives, .£BO worth of needles, or £6,000 worth of watch-springs. 40 million tons a year of coal is used ia iron-making by England and America, 20 million by Germany and France. The most expensive hospital ever builfc is the Parisian Hotel Dieu, which cost £1,600,000, about £3,000 per bed. Imports are heavier than exports, because the former include freight, insurance, and commission, which add 6 per cent, to the value of the goods.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 348, 8 January 1903, Page 7
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141Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 348, 8 January 1903, Page 7
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