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��THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY

��TABLE I

AliLOTMSNT TO WOBLD PABLIAMSNT: NATIONAL ASSETS EQUITABLY WdOHTCD

��Bans: — BtUeA,

1. Land area potential to supporting civilisation — all of the world's land, except- ing the f rosen polar and the arid desert wastes 5%

2. Land area actually supporting civilisation — all of the world's populated land over which law and order prevail 10%

3. Total population 10%

4. Population partaking of the world's work — all persons reported as "liter- ate" in census returns, and in other more or less author- itative estimates 25%

5. Foreign commerce. . . 50%

RuUB.

1. Home territory of sov- ereign nations — ^f ull rate.

2. Autonomous colonies and semi-sovereign coun- tries — ^half rate.

3. Non-autonomous col- onies — quarter rate.

4. Each sovereign nation to have at least one repre- sentative.

6. Ck>lonial and semi- sovereign country evalua- tions accredited to the mother or sponsor country.

BiiUC.

1. Total number of repre- sentatives: 500.

��1. 2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

0.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

20.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

4L

42.

43.

44.

45.

��Sorervign NaUon

(IncludlDg Their

Colonial AllotmonU

M per Ral« £)

��British Empire. . . . United States of

America

Germany

Russia

France

Netherlands

Austria-Hungary. .

China

Italy

Japan

Belgium

BraiU

Spain

Argentine Republic

Switserland

Sweden

Mexico

Turkey

Denmark

Portugal

ChiU

Norway

Rumania

Cuba

Colombia

Persia

Peru

Bulgaria

Bolivia

Venesuela

Uruguay

Siam

Greece

Serbia

Equador

Guatemala

Paraguay

Salvador

Panama

Haiti

Santo Domingo ....

Costa Rica

Honduras

Nicaragua

Montenegro

��a

��s

��.18491

.13877

.10202

.09772

.08224

.04486

.04423

.03986

.03536

.03019

.02869

.02505

.01803

.01702

.01175

.01121

.01097

.00929

.00623

.00623

.00558

.00521

.00486

.00485

.00403

.00357

.00263

.00249

.00237

.00210

.00195

.00197

.00175

.00165

.00094

.00070

.00058

.00057

.00050

.00049

.00044

.00038

.00030

.00025

.00013

��2««

® oq M« S

��92.459

69.388

51.013

48.863

41.123

22.443

21.127

19.931

17.688

15.097

14.347

12.525

9.015

8.510

5.886

5.608

5.486

4.647

3.120

3.119

2.792

2.601

2.434

2.427

2.018

1.788

1.307

1.250

1.189

1.051

.976

.937

.880

.828

.474

.354

.294

.287

.251

.246

.221

.193

.155

.128

.067

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51

49

41

22

21

20

18

15

14

12

9

8

6

5

5

5

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

��500

��Note, — This schedule does not include the results of the recent *' Balkan Wars" — ^nor of course of the present "Chreat War."

The area of the entire world is included under the above 45 sovereignties. The semi-sovereign nations were assessed at half rate and their ratings accredited to their respective sponsor nations.

These tables show only the summaries. The foil details of the calculations are omitted for lack of space.

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