§—9. Relative Progress of British Colonies.

The following table shows the progress of imports and exports in some of the principal colonies and India per head of the population in 1860 and 1884, calculated on the population of 1860 and 1880. The amount in some cases far exceeds the experience of the United Kingdom, but the trade of India in relation to its enormous population is exceedingly small.

Trade of Some British Colonies in 1860 and 1884.

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