The Daily News TUESDAY, APRIL 7. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN FIGURES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 92, 7 April 1908, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, APRIL 7. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN FIGURES.

.Some interesting ligurcs showing the vastncss i..f tin- British Empire arc issued in « statistical abstract, from tho Board of Trade. The volume relates (o tin' year I'.KHi, and in 11• t- absence of a celiMls »f till" I'nited kingdom since liinl <i.ntLUl-s itself will, (.lie ligurcs ■>( the hitler year so far »- population is concerned. Tlii' total number of |"<'"['T<living mule,- the t.ioU-c-liun of tile British flag at thai date was stated to be :SSS millions. -New ligurcs were furnished from the L'icat towns of tin' Motherland and tiie colonies, based on an estimate iiuiflv in lilt))), and. these disclose .some interesting variations since 1901 the most striking fact being that Bom Imv has superseded Calcutta as tin .-ci'-ond largest city in the Empire. II lniiv be oi interest to set out the six largest cities within the Empire in their present order, and to give their populations, as disclosed by the census of 11)01, by way of contrast with the latest returns: Uloti. 1!) M. liomlon .. •• 4,758.(100 4,530,0)10 Bombay .. .. 1182,0)10 770,000 '"Calcutta .. .. 053,000 847,000 (ihtsgow .. .. 817,000 701,000 ' avcrpool .. .. 740,000 081.000 Winchester.. .. 043,000 34:1,000 \'e\t in order eome Birniinghani (553,HIO) and Madras (518,000). Of the cololial cities, Sydney ranks iirst with 538,800, .Melbourne coining next with 520.000. The total import and export trade of the British Empire in 1900 was of a caluc of £ 1,520,018.000, an enormous increase over the' .Cfc!li,fioo.OoO recorded in tS!)2. The division as between foreign ond inter-Imperial trade is shown ill the following table: FOI(ELC..\'. 1802. 1900.

Imports .. ,t3!15.337,000 .CIUO,O7!!.OO'i Exports .. 302,253.0110 51!».«!)!I,(I00 Totals . Cli!t7,s!lO.OOt> C1.129,i75.0()rt INTER-IMI'EIUAL. 1802. lOOti. Imports .. £137.731,000 £243,017,000 Exports .. 01,2.3),000 152,.j!i:i.000 Totals .. C228,!152,000 £300,2-10,001) Of the entire trade of the Empire, 74 per cent, was with foreign countries, and 2(i per cent, was of an intcr-Irnperial character.