+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | |White |Native |Total |British | | |Population.|Population.|Population.|Exports to.| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | | £ | |Australia | 3,577,000 | 200,000| 3,777,000| 21,329,965| |Canada | 5,170,000 | 201,000| 5,371,000| 8,153,815| |India | 275,000 |294,000,000|294,295,000| 39,753,348| |New Zealand | 767,000 | 52,000| 819,000| 5,601,979| |South Africa| 1,007,000 | 3,000,000| 4,007,000| 20,326,006| +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | Per Head | Per Head | Per Head | | | White. | Native. | Total. | | | | | | +------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._| |Australia | 5 19 0 |106 12 0 | 5 13 0 | |Canada | 1 11 6 | 40 11 2 | 1 10 4 | |India |144 0 0 | 0 2 9 | 0 2 8 | |New Zealand | 7 6 0 |107 14 3 | 6 16 0 | |South Africa| 20 3 7 | 6 15 6 | 5 1 6 | +------------+------------+------------+------------+ In other words, with the exception of India, where the European population is not numerous, each white inhabitant in South Africa spends vastly more in proportion to its population than any of our other Colonies, or exactly £20, 3s. 7d. per head as against £7, 6s. for Australia, the next highest, and £1, 11s. 6d. for Canada, the lowest, or, with black and white combined, £5, 1s. 6d. per head of the total population, as against 2s. 8d. for India, £1, 10s. 4d. for Canada, £5, 13s. for Australia, and £6, 16s. for New Zealand. A reference to the above table clearly shows what an important customer the South African native is for oversea goods, his annual purchases amounting to £6, 15s. 6d., which it will be seen is even more per head than that of the Australian white population. This latter assumption is, of course, purely deductive, but it is in the main fairly accurate. Not only this, but it will surprise many to learn that of the total British exports to our Colonies and India, South Africa is our third best market. Moreover, in certain classes of goods, specified below, she is also far and away our most important customer. For instance, of the total exports from the United Kingdom to our Colonies and dependencies, there were shipped in 1901:-- _Boots and Shoes._ To South Africa £881,266 " Australia 223,516 " India 125,256 " New Zealand 105,671 Of these South Africa took one-half of the total British exports. _Apparel and Slops._