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Mr. HANCOCK
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the output of gold in the various gold-producing countries, respectively, for the years 1921 and 1922?
Viscount WOLMER
The output of gold in the Principal countries of the world in 1921, as shown in statements issued by
| Country. | 1921. | 1922. | |||||||
| British Empire: | £ | £ | |||||||
| Transvaal | … | … | … | … | … | … | 34,500,000 | 29,800,000 | |
| Canada | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 3,800,000 | 5,300,000 |
| Australasia | … | … | … | … | … | … | 4,000,000 | 3,500,000 | |
| Rhodesia | … | … | … | … | … | … | 2,500,000 | 2,800,000 | |
| India | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,700,000 | 1,800,000 |
| British West Africa | … | … | … | … | … | 900,000 | 800,000 | ||
| Total of British Empire | … | … | 47,400,000 | 44,000,000 | |||||
| Foreign Countries: | |||||||||
| United States | … | … | … | … | … | … | 10,300,000 | 10,100,000 | |
| Mexico | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 2,900,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Colombia | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | |
| Brazil | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Japan | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| All other Foreign Countries | … | … | … | … | 4,600,000 | 5,100,000 | |||
| Total of Foreign Countries | … | 20,600,000 | 21,000,000 | ||||||
| Total World's Production | … | … | 68,000,000 | 65,000,000 | |||||