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366        ECONOMIC  INQUIRIES  AND  STUD;ES

                                      Aggregate Income.
                                                         MIn./..
                           United Kingdom                1,7So
                           Canada ...                      27 0
                           Australasia                     210
                           India  .  .  .  .               600
                           South Mrica.  .  .  .           100
                           Remainder of Empire  .          200

                                    Total  .  .
                                              •
                     The capital or wealth corresponding to this income,
                  allowing it, in  the case of other parts of the empire, to
                  be about five or six times the income, which is a smaller
                  proportion  than  that  for  the  United  Kingdom,  but
                  where a  portion  of the capital  is already  included  in
                  the  figure  for  the  United  Kingdom  as  a  creditor
                  country, would be as follows:

                                     Capital 01'  Wealtlt..
                                                        Min./..
                           United Kingdom               IS,OOO
                           Canada.  .  .                 1,3So
                           Australasia                   1,100
                           India  .  .  .  .             3,000
                           South Africa.  .  .  .    ".   600
                           Remainder of Empire  .        1,200
                                    Total  .  .


                     It will be understood, of course, that these figures as
                  to capital are  not figures  built  up from a multitude of
                  data, but calculations for want of better based on a few
                  data so as to give an approximate basis for the discus-
                  sion-What should be  done with  our wealth?  As far
                  as the United Kingdom is concerned, I hope before very
                  long to continue the calculations made in former years,
                  but I  must  leave  to younger statisticians  to  take  up
                  the work in detail for the whole empire, for which data
                  will not be wanting.
                    I t  must be admitted at the  outset  that" the figures
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