The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-10-18

from the people, one-fourth
is for local purposes, Immediately
concerning the ratcpayers three
fourths being for Governmental pur-
poses.
OF the Governmental taxation one
fourth only is direct, such as land
and property taxes and three
fourths indirect, such as customs and
excise, which grow by natural incre-
ment but the local taxation is for
the most part direct.
The armed forces, by sea and land,
though numerically large, show
very moderate ratio to the area and
population; the section of the people
absorbed in military employ being
extremely small, and the military cX-
penditure, compared with the I'm
perial revenue, being the cheapest in
the world. with the exception of the
United States.
The total of armed forces on land,
nearly million of men, is apparently
great, though its unity and organiza.
ton are not complete. But the proper
ton (more than two-thirds of the
whole), belonging to the fair or
European races, is satisfactory.
BY sea the number of ironclad
war-vessels ready for action indicates
n degree of naval preparedness hard
ly to be matched by foreign nations.
The total police force of all kinds
is very moderate, indicating peace
full and law-abiding disposition in the
people.
The mercantile marine has nearly
half of the steam TONNAGE of the
carrying power, of the port entries,
and of the freight earnings of all the
nations together and two-thirds of
the ship-building.
While the ocean-bornc commerce
of the United Kingdom is maintained
at its maximum, that of India,
though large, is relatively low, while
that of the colonies is amazingly
high.
About one-third of the worlds
commerce is contained within the
British Empire.
The average Of ocean-borne COM
merce per inhabitant in the United
Kingdom is considerably higher than
in any other large state of the world,
but is exceeded by the average of
the busy little Kingdoms of Belgium
and Holland.
About one-third of the banking
business of the world is done within
the British Empire, iustifying the
claim of London to be the first of all
banking centres.
The average of annual earnings
per inhabitant in the United King
dom is approached by that of its
offspring in America, but is more
than double that on the Continent of
Europe.
In wealth, consisting of land and
cattle, railways and public works,
houses and furniture, shipping, mer-
chandise, bullion and sundries, the
British Empire is the wealthiest
state on earth, but its preponderance
in this respect is not nearly so great
rs might be expected from the num-
Der of its population, because the
wealth Of India is relatively small.
The ratio of earnings on capital in
the United Kingdom equals that of
the United States, and exceeds that
of the Continent of Europe. But it
is surpassed by the ratio of Canada
and Australia.
Respecting the aggregate of
national industries-agriculture,
commerce, banking, manufactures,
mining-taken in combination, the
United Kingdom is beginning to fall
behind the United States, though the
British Empire, on the whole, pre-
serves the first place; but despite
disparity of population the mother
land still achieves nearly as much as
its gigantic offspring, and the ener-
getic genius of the progeny still
survives in the parent.
The mileage of railways, on the
whole, is not remarkable, being ap-
parently' small. But the work done
by the railways is exceedingly great,
far surprising relatively that shown
by any other nation, and the speed
of the trains is generally greater.
The length and size of canals fol
navigation and for irrigation are
unsurpassed.
The decrease of crime and Of
paupcrism is satisfactory in the
United Kingdom, while pauperism
hardly exists in the other dominions
of the Empire, and the charit able
funds raised in the United Kingdom
are enormous.
The number of patients in the
hospitals, though large, is not re-
markable relatively to the size of the
Empire.
Regarding thrift, the growth OF
savings banks is but moderately