(Compiled in the 



British Isles 



Indian Empire (including 



Burmah) 



Dominion of Canada :- 



Quebec 



Ontario 



New Brunswick 



Nova Scotia 



British Columbia 



Manitoba 



North-West Territories 



Prince Edward's Island 

 Newfoundland 

 Australasia : — 



New South Wales . . 



Victoria 



South Australia.. 



Queensland 



Western Australia .. 



Tasmania 



New Zealand 



Fiji 



New Guinea 

 South Africa : — 



Cape of Good Hope . . 



Bechuanaland . . 



Natal 



St. Helena 



Ascension 



Ceylon . . 



Mauritius 



Straits Settlements 



Hong Kong 



Port Hamilton 



British North Borneo . . 



Labuan 



British Guiana 



West Indii'S : — 



Jamaica 



Trinidad 



Windward Islands 

 Leeward Islands 

 Bahamas 



Bermudas 

 British Honduras 

 West Africa : — 

 Sierra Leone 



Gambia 



Gold Coast .. .. 

 Lagos 



Gibraltar 



Malta 



Cyprus 



Heligoland 



Falkland Islands . . 



How AND WHEN ACQUIRED. 



Conquest, Treaty Cession 



Treaty Cession 

 Conquest, Treaty Cession 

 Transfer to Crown 



Settlement 



Charter to Company . . 



Conquest 



Settlement,Treaty Cession 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Purchase 



Cession from Natives . . 



Annexation 



Treaty Cession ^finally) 



Annexation 



Conquest 



Annexation 



Treaty Cession 

 Conquest and Cession . . 

 Treaty Cession 

 Treaty Cession 



Cession to Company 

 Treaty Cession 

 Conquest and Cession . . 



Conquest 



Conquest 



Cession 



Settlement 



Settlement 



Conquest 



Transfer from Company 



Conquest and Cession .. 

 Cession 



Conquest 



Treaty Cession 

 Convention with Turkey 

 Treaty Cession 

 Treaty Cession 



Area. 



Square Miles. 



120,832 



1757-1858 



1759-63 



1763 

 1627-1713 



1858 



1813 



1670 



1756-63 



1550-1713 



1787 

 1834 

 1836 

 1824 

 1826 

 1803 

 1840 

 1874 

 1884 



1815 

 1885 

 1843 



1673 



1815 



1801 



1810-14 



1785-1824 

 1841 

 1884 

 1877 

 1847 

 1803-14 



1655 



1797 

 1783 



1629 



1612 



1798 



1807 



1663-1871 

 1861 



1704 

 1814 



1878 

 1814 

 1770 



1,574,516 



3,470,392 



40,200 



311,098 



87,884 



903,690 



668,497 



1,060,000 



26,215 



104,458 



7,740 



86,360 



219,700 



185,000 



18,750 



3,255,942 



4,362 



1,754 



784 



665 



5,390 



468 

 69 



18,784 

 1,069 



423,450 



45 



37 



25,365 



713 



1,472 



80 



5 



30,000 



30 



109,000 



12,955 



19 



6,400 



20,390 



2 



119 



3,584 



1 



6,500 



9,101,999 



