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a baby, still it is a China baby. We recognize the fact also that no nation can claim to be accounted as one of the important factors in the elevation of humanity unless it has its due share in international commerce.
Now so far as India is concerned, I do not wish to go into the political, or the geographical or merely economical and domestic conditions of the country. I want to present before you a few facts that may be of some importance, especially to the manufacturers in this country, therefore, I shall give you some idea as to the export and import, especially of the imports of India.
• Politically, India may be divided into two parts, British India and India under the rule of native Prirces under the suzerainty of the Crown of England. Commercially, there is only one India, and that is "India") without distinguishing it as British or native India.
The imports of India are very large, indeed. Every year its imports of foreign merchandise increase. Last year $270,000,000 and $310,000,000 worth of goods-and exports $350,000,000 and $395,000,000 of commodities. The major part of home imports are manufactured goods of all countries of the world,
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