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NAMES  OF  STOCKS.—(1)  Great  Western  Railway  Four  per  Cent.
Debenture;  (2)  London  and  North-Western  Railway  Four  per  Cent.
Preference  ;  (3)  London,  Tilbury  and  Southend  Four  per  Cent.  Debenture ­
  ;  (4)  Southern  Mahratta  Four  per  Cent.  Debenture  ;  (5)  Birmingham ­
  Corporation  Three  and  a-Half  per  Cent.  ;  (6)  India  Three  and  a-Halí
per  Cent.  ;  (7)  British  Local  Loans  Three  per  Cent.  ;  (8)  Natal  Three
and  a-Half  per  Cent.  ;  (9)  New  Zealand  Three  and  a-Half  per  Cent.  ;
(10)  Canada  Three  per  Cent.  Inscribed.

It  will  be  observed  that  in  compiling  this
chart  we  have  selected  as  widely  distributed  a
group  of  stocks  as  the  Trustee  Acts  permit  of.
The  actual  geographical  position,  however,  of
the  various  securities  depicted  in  no  way  frees
them  from  the  influence  of  British  Trade  and
Finance  which  is  the  dominating  influence
controlling  all  English  stocks,  and  also  controlling ­
  all  stocks  whose  main  investment  centre
is  England.  In  spite  of  the  boom  in  Canadian
agriculture  and  the  consequent  rise  in  all
Canadian  stocks  which  has  taken  place  in