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-THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE OF INDIA 203
9. Argentina 1-3
to. Mexico --- 1-3
11. Chili 1-2
12. Norway 1-1
n. Russia in Europe 1-0
III
Countries with less than 1 km per 100 sq km
1. Canada 0-7
2. Siam 0-5
3. Brazil 0-4
4. Philippines 0-4
5. China 0-1
6. Russia in Asia 0-1
7. Persia 0.01
Whether in terms of per capita population
or in those of area of the country, the route~
-mileage of Indian railways should thus appear to
be capable of almost unlimited expansion. In order to
measure India' s poverty or backwardness in this regard
let us focus our attention on the three groups arranged
according to kilometre per to,OOO inhabitants. For 1925
we get therefrom the following among other
railway~equations :
U.S.A. (38-0)= 3-17 France (12-0)
= 14 Japan (2-7)+
=' 20 India (1-9)
France (12-0)= 1-3 Germany (9-2)+
= 2-22 Italy (5-4)
= 6-3 India (1-9)