Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-16
COMPILATION OF WORLDS
 COMMERCE
THE TOTAL FooTs UP THE ENoR. NOUS FIGURES OF TWENTY
 TWO BILLIONS.
POPULATION AND DEBT
Comprehensive Compilation of Statis
 
 tics of All of the Principal Coun- tries-stocks of Money on Hand and Other Interesting Facts Given By Department of Commerce and La bcr.

Der.
 Washington, D. C., Jan. l5--A Area Population. Commerce Revenue. Ex nenditure. Indebtedness, Currency ano Stocks of Money Of the Principa Countries of a statement just issued Ay the Department of Commerce and habor. through the Bureau Of Statis ties. The statement includes all countries and colonies for which sta tistics of commerce and the other conditions above mentioned are avail Able and thus presents an approxi ma,ely complete picture of commer' cial and financial conditions through cut the entire civilized world.
 The total exports of the countries and colonies included are stated at s1O,27S, SIG 900 and the total imports as sl1, ,525, ,755, ,O00, making the aggre- gate commerce s21,S04 ,3s1 900. Fer most of :he countries he figures stat ed relate to the year 1902, in lew aases they are for 1901 and in some cases they are for 1903. The asgre gate O. he worlds commerce at the present time, therefore, may be sci down in round numbers as S22.000.- oeo, eco.
 al come in urn imports, the stated val ue Of these imports exceeds by more taan $1 DOG, ,O00, 900 the stated value ot tae merchandise in question when stated as exports This increased value in the statement of merchan- disc, imported, when compared with the statement of value Of the same merchandise when exported. is ac oOune ed for in part by the value added through transportation, insurance etc. and n part also by the fact that statements of value are more care fully arc rigiily made when Ihe goods are imported than in the state ments supplied on exportation.
 Under the terms of exports" is in cinded simply the domestic merchan ttse of the countries in question. and under the term imports" the impor. tation for home consumption, the i'm norted merchandise and exported moi heinz included in the export state nent, he purpose being to include in the statement the actual value oI q single transaction in the merchan- dlse originally entering into interna- t,oal commerce.
 Worlds Population.
 The population of the countries and colonies included in this statement g given at 1.4s7 ,159, 1000. and their area at 40,70i,936 square miles. This fig We of population in the countries in ctndec in the table seems to justify an estimI;e of 1,6O0, ,OO0,o0O as the ap proximate total of the worlds popula- ion a. she present time
 The total revenue for the latest available date of the countries ana colonies included in the list is set down al s7,S54,9O ,OoO and the total expenditures at s7,s3s ,540, 600.
 The total indebtedness of the coun. ,Hes named in the list is given at S34, ,3s3. GOA ,970; but as the statement does not include the indebtedness of certain minor colonies and divisions. ale total national indebtedness of the yorld at me present time may safely Se put. in round terms, at s35 900. :. eso.o00. The interest charge on the rxnbiic debt of the countries named is given at s1,41s.397,44s.
 The stocks of money in the coun. tues named are stated at S11 ,999. 300. aAO. or, in round terms. SIP GOO GOO. a0o; but ia this statement the value af the monetary stock of silver stand ard countries has not been changed to conform to the decline in silver values The monetary stock of Mex ico and other countries where the Mexican dollar circulates is given in E-ms of Mexican dollars. Of this total of s12,G00, ,OO0, 900 rApresenting 'he total stocks of money in the coun- tiles in question, s5.355 ,0o0, 900 is stat cd as gold, s3,67o. .7OO, 900 as silver and s2'seS. doo,ooo as uncovered paper.
 Debts of Nations.
 The debt of the United States is stated at S925,011, ,s37 The indebted Ress of the German Empire is given at s6ss,s4s. 400, and of the German Hates at $2,6S7 .621 900. Five Euro peAn countries-France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain