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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
