The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-08

In spite of the substantial reduction of the
English, American, spanish. and German debts.
in the twenty i years. Of f s 500 5H 900. It n may be
added that in 1855 these same twelve nations
owed ~, l4o,0o0;00O. made up thus: France.
zoos. 900, 900: Great Britain. 97I0. 0O0. 900:
Italy, e455. 900, goo; Russia. e3Sl. 900. 900;
6nited stats; s37oo o0; 900; Spain. s25oo,oooo,-
900; Australasia. SOS, OOO. 900: and Portugal
$4,000, 600. In the years ls75-s5 there was
si5 900. 900 on the .indebtednsss Of the
nations enumerated: but the whole worlds
obligations in 1883 represented an inereese
Among the minor debtors Belgium has IN:
1873 to sol 100000 in 1906. and in the same
time the debt OF The Netherlands has gone up
Canada from $50. 900, 900 to f5l 900. 600. The
Greek debt stands at s32, 8s4. 900. and that of
in 1870: while among the new borrowers must
he reckoned Japan, which now owes "a 800. 900.
aud the Argentine Reouplic. which owes about
garia, Denmark. Norway, sweden. Chilli, Peru.
servia; &c.LIwe have allowed $4,000 900;
obligations OF these nations.
The sum paid annually as interest on the
Twenty years ago the Total WA. about f&oo..
0Go, 600, and ne Increase OF only $50, GOO, 600
600, 900 Is explained by tho fact that money
now is cheaper, provided credits are good. than
II was in 1875, when On some Of its loans Eng
.nhu "NH Ihy I'm ~ IcF ttnt.. lnHlh Z INE Ucht'
Franco, Russia. and Brazil 8 per cent. Italy
and Portugal q per cent. hungary no per
cent, EEypt 8 per cent, Turkey and Peru 10
per cent, Spain Is per cent. and Mexico Is
per cent. Franco. Of course, pays ont the largest
sum OF money every year In the way OF interest,
tho total running To about f31 .00O. 900. or los.
sd. per head of the population. Great Britain's
disbursement is f2A. $40. 900. or l?s. Cd. per
head. Russia pays ont a little more. Goa. T26.-
900, or As. lid. per head. Austria Hungary,
on the Joint and special debts. PAYS out E31 l00,-
900 n year. and tho average per capita expcn-
diture on the jointdeb is Is. l9d., on the SPECIAL
austrian debt, los: lodi. and on the special
Italy amounts to f23,+5O. 900. which works out
at the rate 81 los. Id. per head. Stain pays
nearly sil.3 800. 900 interest annually, or l3s. Id.
per head. Though the capital itself is "A large
Item, tho charge per annuln IN the United
States Is no more than Is, Cd. per head. In
Uruguay, on the other hand. IL runs to MS much
as I'll 2s. I'D. per head. Burdett saws that in
Peru TINS per capita charge runs 10 II ia, hut
there must bn something wrOng with Burdett's
figures. In Portugal the amount Is los. l0d.
per head. and In Egypt liz. l0d. rer head. In
Germany IL In no more than IL. Id.
Can any one say off-hAnd what ia the ngRre-
gate debt of all the English possessions In all
parts OF tho globe We Will give the Total 1T
Is { l,O07,l 6b,6O0. 4 ftcr the mother country,
India has the heaviest debt; the total being, AS
we have seen, fln7, OO0. 900. Then comes New
South Wales with EOS 25. 0OO, Canada with
f5l ,2Ss,O00 lneU, Victoria with EAT. 037. 800
New Zealand with G30. 635, 900, Queensland
with 3O.630.5 800, Cape Colony with f27,6T6,-
l1e. and South Australia with E.3. 100. 600. st.
Helena brings up the rear with q modest &o.40S.