League Year Book Quotes Remarkable Geneva, July 15.
The statistical year book of the League of Nations which has just been published contains striking figures about economic activity, unemployment, number of persons at work, production, trade and traffic—ell showing that the improvement that began in a number of countries in 1933 had continued up to the beginning of 1937.
Primary production in 1936 was somewhat greater than that of 1929 Which in its turn was the best year prior to the outbreak of the world economic crisis. Gold production continues to increase and makes a new record. every year. The increase in 1936 amounted to 12 per cent. and the production itself was double of that in the preceding decade.
The world industrial production in 1936 rose 16 per cent, while world trade is also increasing both in volume and value. As for air traffic, the number of aeroplane-kilometres in the whole world flown between 1931 and 1935—no exact figures are available yet for 1936—has increased by 75 per cent.
The increase of economic activity is further confirmed by the rise of prices and the greater volume of new issues.—Trans-Ocean,
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