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(JKEAT MUTAIN AND IltELAND.

Growth of the Colonial Empire of Great Britain — continued.

Colonies ami dependencies

Date and mode of acquisition

West Indies — continued.

Dominica ....

Cession

1763

Grenada

,

J! "

1763

Honduras

,

'

1670

Jamaica.

Capitulation

1655

Montserrat

,.

Settlement.

1632

Nevis

.

•

1628

St. Kitts

,>

1623, 1650

St. Lucia

Capitulation

1803

St. Vincent

Cession

1763

Tobago.

•

1763

Tortola, &c.

Settlement.

1665

Trinidad

Capitulation

1797

Turks Island

Settlement.

1629

AUSTRALASIA '.

Australia, South

Settlement.

1836

Australia, West

1829

New South Wales.

1787

Queensland

1859

New Zealand.

1839

Tasmania

18(13

Victoria.

1836

According to a parliamentary return issued in the session of 1870, the cost of the colonial possessions of the Empire falling to the charge of the British Exchequer, was 4,103,0047. in the financial year 18GG-G7, and 3,9G9,42GZ. in 1867-68, The return which divides the colonial possessions into three classes, namely, Military and Maritime Stations, Plantations and Settlements, and Australasian Settlements, gives the cost of each as follows: —

Colonial Possessions

Anmi

il Cost

LS66-7

1S67-8

Military axd Maritime Stations:

£

£

Gibraltar .....

338.172

420,465

Malta

399,!) ID

414,764

Cape of Good Hope

347,807

377.324

Mauritius.

119.279

122,119

Bermuda.

162,683

163,93.")

St. Helena,

44,291

o4,624

Heligoland

1,099

1,166

Falkland Islands

7,732

6,990

Hong Kong

236,928

210.890