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INTRODUCTORY I. THE BRITISH

Area. Sq. miles

1 Population

Revenue

1 Expenditure

United Kingdom 2.

120,979

40,188,927

106,614,004

£ 102,935,99}

India : — Bril ish India ^

1,068,314

221,172,952

94,129,741

95,834,763

Feudatory States Total India.

731,944

66,050,479 287,223,431

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1 —

1,800,258

94,129,741

95,834,763

Colonies—

. Europe : —Gibraltar -i

26,203

66,110

61,270

1 Malta and Gozo ^. Total Europe

117

177,745

323,787

324,673

119

203,948

389,897

385,943

Asia : — Aden and Perim •''

80

41,910

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—

Ceylon •'....

25,333

3,391,443

1,512,410

1,362,970

Hong Kong 7, ,.

30

248,710

698,300

523,602

Labuan" ....

30

5,853

5,570

4,912

Straits Settlements ^.

1.472

512,342

432,020

442,970

Total Asia.

26,945

4,200,258

2,648,300

2,334,454

Africa : — Ascension

35

430

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—

Basutoland ....

10,293

250,000

46,555

44,797

Cape Colony

276,800

1,766,100

7,389,966

8,637,854

^lauritius-' ....

705

377.856

799,670

862,680

Natal and Zululand.

34,700

828,500

2,280,732

1,693,516

St. Helena ....

47

4,116

8,803

13,004

Gambia ....

2,700

50,000

.39,415

27,059

Gold Coast ....

40,000

1,473.882

237,857

406,370

Lagos

1,500

100,000

177,421

182,669

Sierra Leone

30,000

250,000 5,100,884

106,008

111,667

Total Africa

396,780

11,086,427

11,979,616

America : — Bermudas.

20

16,098

35,965

35,704

Canada 10 ....

3,653,946

5,185,990

7,791,097

7,897,943

Falkland Islands and South Geo

rgia.

7,500

2,050

12,969

13,636

British Guiana.

109,000

285,315

505,369

562,598

British Honduras 11

7,562

.34,277

64,613

66,459

Newfoundland and Labrador l"

162,200

208,000

330,V"S4

370,859

West Indies : — Bahamas

4,466

52,316

62,754

63,405

Jamaica and Turks Islands

4,424

721,072

686,541

774,918

Barbados ....

166

190,000

184,606

172,551

Leeward Islands

701

127,800

124,767

140,944.

Windward Islands

784

155,000

143,008

141,812

Trinidad and Tobago. i Total America

1,868

268,957 7,246,875

575,265 10,517,938

587,414

3,952,637

10,828,243

Australasia : — Fiji.

8,045

121,798

74,492

72,232

New Guinea ....

88,460

350,000

10,300

15,000

New SoTith Wales

1 310,700

1,335,800

9,287,000

9,320,129

New Zealand

1 104,471

743,214

5,079,230

4,602,372

Queensland

668.497

493,704

3,613,150

3,604,264

South Australia.

903,690

358,224

2,682,676

2,735,962

Tasmania ....


 * 26,385

171,719

845,020

785,026

Victoria

1 87,884

1,169,434

6,630,217

6,568,932

Western Australia

975,020

161,924

2,843,775

3,236,044

Total Australasia

3,174,052

4,905,817 j

31.065,860

30,939,961

Total Colonies.

7,550,533

21,657,782 i

55,708,422

.56,468,217

Total U. K., India, and Colonies.

9,471,770

.349,070,140

256,452,167

255,238,974

Protectorates and Sphehks of

Infi.ukncr—

Asia

120,400

1,200,000 1

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—

Africa

2,120,000

35,000,000 1

—

—

Pacific

Total Protectorates.

—

10,000 30,210,000 !

~

—

2,240,400

Total British Empire.

11,712,170

385,280,140

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1 Including bullion and specie. - The statistics of population are for 1898 ; of finance, for 1897-98 ; of commerce, for 1897 ; of sliipping, for 1897. ^ In the area of British India Upper Burmah is included. Tlie financial statistics are for 1896-97, in tons of rujieos ; the commercial, for 1.S97-9S, rupee at Is. :'4d. ; only the sea-borne trade is given and only merchandise in the trade with U.K. ; the shipping is for 1897-98. •» For Gibraltar and