The Statesman's Year - Book, 1905. Edited by J. Scott Keltie, LL.D.,
with the Assistance of J. P. A. Renwick, M.A. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The Statesman's Year-Book continues to grow in size, while its arrangement is developed in the direction of completeness and convenience. " Cuba " is of course, not an absolutely new item, but it is sufficiently novel to give the section that concerns it a special interest. We see that the Budget for the current year (1904-5) is estimated to produce a surplus of £196,897. Its exports increased from $49,698,700 in 1899 to $78,486,409 in 1903, sugar having grown from 589,281 tons in 1902 to 945,782 in 1903, and tobacco showing a satisfactory progress. The number of cigars has slightly fallen off, but then another fourteen million packets of cigarettes have more than made up for the loss. Generally the returns show prosperity, for which the United States Government may fairly claim some credit. Sweden and Norway are now so much before the public that we may appropriately give some comparative figures :-
Sweden.
Population 5,221,291 ... Emigrants 39,426 Paupers ..... 235,994
ilovenue £9,700,000
Norway.
2,240,332 ... 26,831 ... 83,309
... £5,222,000
Sweden.
Imports......£27,000,000 ... Exports £21,600,000 ... Shipping (tons) 635,733 ... Army (men of
all arms) S7,200 ...
Norway.
216,270,000 £11,000,000 1,433,308 30,000
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