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8 well to look at the comparative statistics of our oversea trade, and to gather generally what is involved by the demands of our self-governing colonies, Canada, Australia, and South Africa (and of no other part of an Empire of which they form only one fortieth part in population).

The following is taken from the Blue-book Cd. 3328, and shows the trade of the entire British Empire in 1905:—

Having considered our import trade as a whole, we have next to deal with the various food-stuffs which reach us from oversea. The following has been compiled from the Annual Returns of Trade and Navigation published by the Board of Trade.