APPENDIX

CABINET OF H.M. THE QUEEN:

STATE COUNCIL:

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS:

FOREIGN OFFICE:

MINISTRY FOR THE COLONIES:

MINISTRY FOR DEFENCE:

MINISTRY FOR TRADE AND SHIPPING:

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE:

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY COMMITTEE:

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MINISTRY FOR INTERIOR:

MINISTRY FOR PUBLIC WORKS:

MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS:

MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ARTS:

NETHERLANDS FINANCIAL CONTROL BOARD:

NETHERLANDS RED CROSS:

PRESS SERVICE:

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Statistical Data


The Netherlands


Area: 32,908 square kilometres (excluding large water areas).

Population: 8,833,977 (on 31 December, 1939).

Density of Population: 268.4 per square kilometre.

Population of Principal Towns:

Religion:

Political Parties:

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Principal Occupations:

Foreign Trade:


Netherlands East Indies


Area: 735,000 square miles.

Population: (1940) 70,476,000.

Population of Principal Towns:

Principal Occupations:

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Exports, 1938: £79,380.000.

Imports, 1938: £55,266,666.

Public Debt, 1939: 1,440,000,000 guilders (approximately £200,000,000).

Tax Receipts 1940 (estimates): 291,406,000 guilders (approximately £38,500,000).

Motor-car Imports, 1930/1938: 27,000

Bicycles           do.             do.     230,000

Motor-car licences, 1938: 88,672

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