In a hypothetical forty-ship programme, Australia might support four County-class cruisers. Four Canadian ships would provide two for each coast, although six would better meet the stated need. New Zealand and South Africa receive two each in the proposed allocation. Four for India would require the creation of a Royal Indian Navy on the assumed scale. Those allocations total sixteen ships, leaving twenty-four for the Royal Navy. Forty cruisers was within the scale of the interwar Royal Navy.
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Distributing County-class cruisers across the Dominions
A forty-cruiser programme could support separate Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African, and Indian allocations while leaving Britain twenty-four ships.