LARGEST COUNTRIES
The ‘monster” countries of the world are in order: — (1) The vast spaces of Russia, over 221 million square miles. (2) The British Empire, 13 million square miles. (3) China, 4,450.000 square miles. (4) United States, 3,780,000 square miles. (5) Canada, 3,700,000 square miles. (6) Brazil, 3,300,000 square miles. (7) Australia, 3,000,000 square miles. (8) India, 1,575,000 square miles. Of the Empire's expanse nearly four million acres are in North America, over four and a-half million in Africa, under two million in Asia, and over three million in Oceania. In Europe it occupies only 121,512 square miles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1940, Page 2
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