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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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