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SWITZERLAND Population 4,183,000 Area 15,944 sq. miles Gold reserves .... £150,000,000 FRANCE Population 41,950,000 Area 212,659 sq. miles Cultivated land 125,000 sq. miles Forest 42,000 sq. miles Iron and Steel output - 16,000,000 tons Coal output .... 46,000,000 tons Gold reserves .... £500,000,000 EIRE Population .... .... 2,965,854 Area 26,000 sq. miles HOLLAND Population 8,556,920 Area 12,698 sq. miles Cultivated land 5,563,960 acres Shipping 2,634,321 tons Gold reserves .... £154,000,000 Colonial Empire: 790,000 sq. miles Population 61,000,000 NORWAY Population 2,908,000 Area 124,556 sq. miles Foi'est exports £8,500,000 annually Shipping 4,539,200 tons Gold reserves .... £7,500,000 GREAT BRITAIN Population .... .... 47,289,000 Area 89,041 sq. miles Arable land .... 9,000,000 acres Coal output 220,000,000 tons per year Coal reserves .... 600 years Iron and Steel output £280,000,000 year Steel output 11,000,000 tons .Food imports (75%) £400,000,000 Oil imports .... 11,600,000 tons Shipping .... 14,000,000 tons Gold reserves .... £700,000,000
British Empire: Population .... 500,870,000 U.S.A. Population 129,257,000 Area .... 3,683,382 sq. miles Iron and Steel production 28,000,000 tons Copper, Lead, Zinc: 60% of world output Aluminium 30% of world output Cotton .70% of world output Wool Second largest output Wheat .. Second largest output Corn .. World’s largest output Trade 13% of world Shipping tonnage 11,403,895 tons Gold reserves £3,000,000,000 BELGIUM • Population .... .... 8,330,959 Area 11,750 sq. miles Iron output 3,842,000 tons Steel output .... 3,777,000 tons Gold reserves .... £111,000,000 SWEDEN Population 6,285,000 Area .... .... 173,347 sq... miles Timber exports .... £50,000,000 Iron output 11,000,000 tons annually Gold reserves .... £30,000,000 FINLAND Population 3,667,067 Area 134,557 sq. miles Forests .... 62,400,000 acres Gold reserves .... £5,000,000 AUSTRALIA Population 7,000,000 Area .... 2,974.500 sq. miles CANADA Population 10,500,000 Area 3,510,000 sq. miles SOUTH AFRICA ■ Population .... .... 8,300,000 Area 471,900 sq. miles N.Z. Population 1,600,000 Area .... .... 103,700 sq. miles
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 254, 3 November 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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272FACTS ABOUT THE MEMBERS Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 254, 3 November 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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