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 New Zealand and the Australian Commonwealth, 475

Nigeria, 848-849, 857

Nile, the, described, 778-799. 809-816

O'Connor, Mr. R. E., 429

Okuma, Count, 100

Orange River Colony, 567, 577 582

Otto the Great, 9

Pacific Cable Committee, 250

Palmer, John, 291

Palmerston, Viscount, 602

Parkes, Sir Harry, 751

Parliament, Imperial, 38

Parliaments, Australian, 429, 431

Pearson, Professor C. H., 457

Pender, Sir John, 265

Persian Gulf, 729

Pertab Singh, Sir, 619, 686

Philip II. of Spain, 10, 25

Pitt, William, 292, 517, 628, 647

Pollock, Sir Frederick, 41, 46, 38

Postal services, early. 288-294; rates, 294, 303, 368; speeds, 295, 305, 306

Postal Union, 309

'Postmaster for Foreign Posts,' 298

Preference, 68

Premiers, conference of, 44

Prime Minister, his responsibility, 29

Raffles, Stamford, 827

Ram Mohan Roy, 615

Reciprocity, Canadian, 405

Reciprocity Congress at Chicago, 90

Reeves, Mr. H. P., 43

Reformation, political effects of, 10

Reid, Mr., 240, 431

Reid, Mr. Whitelaw, 317

Rhodes, Cecil, 479, 482-492, 545

Rhodes scholarships, 164

Rhodesia, 569, 585, 589, 592

Rimington, General, 449

Ripon, Marquis of, 180

Roberts, Earl, 618, 647

Roe, Sir Thomas, 625

Roman Empire, the, 6, 17

Roosevelt, President. 189

Rosebery, Earl of, 130, 518, 751

Rosmead, Lord, 483, 492

Russell, Lord John, 293

Russia, 19; navy of, 211; population, 657

Russian designs on Asia, 833

Russian designs on India, 655-662, 782

St Hyacinths Dairy School, 889

Salar Jung, Sir, 685

Salisbury, Marquis of, 153, 245, 313

Sayad Ahmed Khan, Sir, 601

Scandinavia, British trade with, 96

Schreiner, Mr., 504

Seddon, Mr. Richard. 476

Selborne, Earl, 448

Shaw, Mr., and the Dingley Tariff, 90

Shipbuilding, British, 323

Ship-Letter Act, 302

Shipping. British, 318; growth of, 321; foreign restrictions on, 326

Shipping, foreign, 328

Shishadri Ayer, Sir, 686

Siam, 787

Singapore, 738, 831

'Six Hatters,' the, 441

Slavery, 849-854

Smith, Adam, 83, 107

Smuts, Mr. J. C, 501

Socialism in Australia, 439, 454; in New Zealand, 466

Solano, Mr. E. John, 380

South Africa, 521; cable connection with, 268; education in, 528, 575-586; land settlement of, 560; mining industry, 587-598; natives, 539-556; population, 596; railways, 528; trade, value of, 54, 56 et seq.; war in, 194

South African Federation Act, 41

Spain, Empire of, 10

Stanley, Lord, 868

Stout, Sir Robert, 476

Strachey, Sir John, 611, 640

Straits Settlements, 827 et seq.

Subsidies, 68, 307, 308

Sudan, the, 800 et seq.; products of, 806

Sugar trade, effects of preference on, 147

Swettenham, Sir Frank, 739

Tariff Reform League, proposals of, 96, 123-143

Tariffs, table of, 117, 125; examined, 126

Tasmania, cable connection with, 273

Taylor, Sir Henry, 153

Tibet Expedition, 609

Timber trade, effects of preference, 146

Todd, Sir Charles, 269

Trade, Imperial, 52 et seq.

Transvaal, 565, 577, 585, 589, 888

Tuke, Sir Brian, 289

Turkey, trade with, 97

Uganda, 778, 862-876

Undesirable Immigrant Act, 441

United Kingdom. See Great Britain

United States. See America

Universal Empire, the theory of, 9

Victoria, Queen, 32, 493, 605, 624, 693

'Vidi,' quoted, 168