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COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
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| Year Dec. 31 |
Vessels | Tons | Year Dec. 31 |
Vessels | Tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 10,498 | 997,211 | 1864 | 12,235 | 1,475,761 |
| 1860 | 10,838 | 1,052,281 | 1865 | 12,477 | 1,562,295 |
| 1861 | 10,830 | 1,088,543 | 1866 | 11,941 | 1,518,647 |
| 1862 | 10,987 | 1,106,958 | 1867 | 12,169 | 1,523,125 |
| 1863 | 11,558 | 1,296,330 | 1868 | 11,855 | 1,455,172 |
The growth of the colonial empire of Great Britain, the result of three centuries of peaceful and warlike enterprise, is illustrated in the subjoined table:—
| Colonies and dependencies | Date and mode of acquisition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe : | |||
| Gibraltar | Capture . . . 1704 | ||
| Heligoland | Cession . . . 1814 | ||
| Malta and Gozo | Capture . . . 1800 | ||
| Asia : | |||
| Ceylon | Capitulation . . 1796 | ||
| Bengal | Settlement and conquest at various periods from 1625 to 1849 | ||
| Bombay | |||
| Madras | |||
| N.W. Provinces | |||
| Punjaub | |||
| Hongkong | Treaty. . . . 1843 | ||
| Labnan | Cession . . . 1846 | ||
| Africa : | |||
| Cape of Good Hope | Capitulation . . 1806 | ||
| Gambia | Settlement . . . 1631 | ||
| Gold Coast | Sttlement„ 1661 | ||
| Natal | Sttlement„ 1838 | ||
| St. Helena | Sttlement„ 1651 | ||
| Sierra Leone | Sttlement„ 1787 | ||
| Mauritius | Capitulation . . 1810 | ||
| America : | Bermuda | Settlement . . . 1609 | |
| British Columbia . | |||
| Canada, Lower | Capitulation and cession | 1763 | |
| Canada, Upper | |||
| New Brunswick | Settlement . . . 1497 | ||
| Newfoundland | |||
| Nova Scotia | |||
| Prince Edward Island | |||
| Guiana, British | Capitulation . . 1803 | ||
| Falkland Islands | Cession . . 1837 | ||
| West Indies : | |||
| Antigua | Settlement . . - 1632 | ||
| Bahamas | Settlement„ 1629 | ||
| Barbadoes | Settlement„ 1605 |
