THE NATIONAL DEBT.
DOMINION'S BURDEN. £132 PER HEAD OP POPULATION. Two years ago the net indebtedness of New Zealand, per head of the population, was £132 Os Sd; that of France was £9B Ss 4d; of the United Kingdom £Bl 9s 2d; and of Australia, £57 Os Bd. A statement of the Dominion's indebtedness, compared with that of other jouutries, has been prepared as follows: Debt per Year. Country. Head. 1917-8 New Zealand 132 0 8 1917-8 Commonwealth of Australia 57 0 8 1917 United Kingdom 81 9 2 1917 United States 8 9 4 1917 France ....*.... 94 3 4 1917 Italy ... 29 11 S 1917 Russia 13 10 10 1917 Germany 51 6 0
In 1917-18 the total imports into New Zealand were valued at ,£l9 0s Sd per head of the population, while the imports into Australia amounted to onlv £l2 & fld per head. And, whereas the exports from Australia amounted to £ls 4s Id per head of population, the value of New Zealand's exports was almost double that figure per inhabitant.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1920, Page 5
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174THE NATIONAL DEBT. Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1920, Page 5
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