The Statesman's Year-bookFrederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner St. Martin's Press, 1915 - Economic geography |
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acres administration agricultural almshouses amounted Annual appointed Area and Population Australia Austria-Hungary Books of Reference British bushels Canada capital census cent chief China Chinese coal coast College Colony Commerce Commissioner Commonwealth consists Constitution and Govern copper cotton courts crops Crown debt December 31 Defence depositors districts Dollars Dollars elected electors England Estimated population expenditure exports females Finance following table foreign France German gold Governor Hungary imports India Instruction Ireland Islands January June 30 Justice land London maize males manufactures March 31 ment mineral Minister native Northern Territory officers Orange Free output pauper ports principal Production and Industry Province pupils Queensland railway receipts Religion resident revenue Roman Catholic savings banks schools Scotland Senate Shipping short tons silver South Africa square miles statistics sugar teachers telegraph territory tobacco total number total value towns trade United Kingdom vessels vols Wales Western Australia wheat wool
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