INCOMES OF THE NATIONS
* ENOBMOUS INCREASES DURING THE WAE. An interesting estimate of tlie wealth par head of the illations was Riven by JJr. J. C. Stamp at a mcetinß of the Itoyat Statistical Society. Ho estimated tlie pre-war wealth of the United Kingdom at i: 14,800,000,000 and tlie income at =£2,'250,000.000. Germany stood pt X 1.0,550,000,000 capital and ,£2,150,000,000 income. , . • Thus, this country .had £118 per head against Germany's .£2U, hut llio income in the United Kingdom wns .£SO iier he/id irainst ,£3O per head in Germany. The thrifty habits cf the Imviic.li were refleeted in a capital of ,£303 lier head, whereas Italy arid Austria had .8128 and .£l2l respectively. The wonderful position and of ' the United States was shewn hy their pre-war capital of M%000,000.000 (.£l2! per h"hd), lind income of ,£7,250,000,0(10 (.£72 per head), and there was Rood reason to believe that, tlie face value of tliesn figures for I!M9 would he nearly trehlo these amounts. As regards .Tnpnn. the valuation of ■ wealth (.£2.1fl0.000,ft00) was hut ,£« per head, mid ill" income only ,£fi ncr annum .per-head of the population. The income . in Spain mis'hl l>e as low as ~£ll per licatl.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 274, 15 August 1919, Page 10
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195INCOMES OF THE NATIONS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 274, 15 August 1919, Page 10
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