_Summary of Statistical Tables of the Trade of Colonies and Dependencies of European States and of Independent States other than of Europe and the United States._
Key: (A) Number of inhabitants in thousands. (B) Importations. Thousands of dollars. (C) Exportations. Thousands of dollars. (D) Inhabitants. Per cent to total. (E) Imports. Per cent to total. (F) Exports. Per cent to total. ----------------------+----------+---------+---------+-----+-----+----- NAMES OF DIVISIONS BY | | | | | | COUNTRIES, COLONIES, | (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | (E) | (F) AND RACES. | | | | | | ----------------------+----------+---------+---------+-----+-----+----- Totals of tabulations | | | | | | I, II, and III |1,584,099 |1,587,758|1,540,858|100 |100 |100.0 | | | | | | Under British flag | 343,520 | 765,320| 797,232| 36 | 48.3| 50.0 | | | | | | Under all other flags | 605,180 | 818,779| 790,527| 64 | 51.7| 49.8 | | | | | | Peoples of European | | | | | | descent | 69,430 | 909,020| 831,984| 7.3| 57.4| 52.4 | | | | | | Peoples of other races| 879,271 | 675,079| 755,774| 92.7| 42.6| 47.6 | | | | | | Anglo-Saxon | 17,130 | 519,300| 407,584| 1.8| 32.8| 25.7 | | | | | | Latin-American | 52,300 | 389,700| 424,400| 5.5| 24.6| 26.7 | | | | | | Asiatic races | 806,611 | 618,079| 706,274| 85.0| 39.0| 44.0 | | | | | | African races | 72,500 | 57,000| 49,500| 7.7| 3.6| 3.6 | | | | | | States and colonies, | | | | | | wool chief export | 11,100 | 441,300| 394,500| 1.2| 27.8| 24.9 ----------------------+----------+---------+---------+-----+-----+-----
In examining these tables carefully the reader can form an idea as to how the world's trade is divided, and see what the world is arming to its teeth about.