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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
—
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
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—
Pacific
Total Protectorates .
—
10,000 30,210,000 !
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—
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
