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Colonies.

  Area.  

 Population, 
1894.

 Military Expenditure, 1908 
(including Armed Police).

 Number of Troops, 1903 
(including Armed Police).

Europe:

Sq. Miles.

£

Gibraltar, Malta, etc.

 3,702

 402,681

Nil

 2,580
(loc. forces)

Asia:

Ceylon, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Borneo, etc.

127,442

4,705,886

 147,000

 7,550

Africa:

Cape, Transvaal,^{[T 1]} Orange River Colony

225,328

1,711,487

3,190,025

18,850

Natal and Zululand

 20,851

 560,000

 486,000

 4,355

Mauritius

   705

 876,219

  27,000
(Towards mil. expen.)

No local forces

Sierra Leone

  4,000

 126,885

  24,000

 540

Gold Coast, other Dependencies and Protectorates

2,346,774

2,088,955

 727,682

18,000

Total

2,597,658

4,863,496

4,404,657

41,745

America:

Canada

3,456,383

5,021,476

 628,000

33,600

Newfoundland, British Guiana, Honduras

 283,281

 537,465

  53,200

 1,500

Total

3,739,664

5,558,941

 681,200

35,100

West Indies:

Jamaica

  4,282

 658,000

  61,000

 1,385

Bahamas, Trinidad, etc.

  7,764

 745,782

  98,600

 3,600

Total

 12,046

1,398,782

 159,600

 4,985

Australia:

New South Wales

 810,700

1,251,450

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616,000

 9,027

Victoria

 87,884

1,179,103

 5,710

Queensland

 668,497

 445,145

 2,480

West Australia

 975,876

  82,072

 1,276

South Australia

 903,690

 347,720

 1,588

Tasmania

 36,216

 157,456

 1,541

Total

2,982,862

4,189,074

 616,000

 21,622^{[T 2]}

1. S.A. Constabulary cost £2,505,523 in 1903.
2. To this may be added for Reserves and qualified members of rifle-clubs, 29,341; grand total, 50,963.