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THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE OF INDIA 21.1
:1870 1889 1910
13 Denmark 470 1,217 2,121
14 Spain 3,400 5,951 8,961
15 Brazil 504 5,546 11,863
16 Chile 452 1,801 3,451
17 India 4,771 15,887 30,809
J8 Norway 692 970 1,608
19 Sweden 1,089 4,899 8,321
20 Argentina 637 4,506 14,111
21 Mexico 215 5,012 14,845
22 Uruguay 61 399 1,371-
23 Japan 4,542 5,130
24 China 124 4,997
Let us begin with German.y's figures and compare
the development in Indian railways with an eye to statisti.
cal chronology. Even fifty years ago Germany's wealth
in railways perl 0,000 inhabitants was very much higher
than India's to-day. The following equation embodies
the comparative estimate:
Germany (1880) 7·44=3·9 India (1925)1'9.
In 1880 Germany with 7'44 kilometres per 10,000
was 3·9 times as well equipped in railway matters as
India in 1925 with 1·9 km only. And since 1880
German.y has not failed to advance rapidly, as indicated
below (km per 10,000) :11
1880 7·44 km
1885 7'94"
-1890- 8'50"
1895 8'70"
1900
1904
.1925
8·91 km
9'06 "
9·20 "
17 Statistisches Handbuch fiir das deutsche Reich (Berlin 1907). vol. I.
D. 297.