406 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



is something over 2,000,000, chiefly for mili- 

 tary and naval expenses, and mainly disbursed 

 in the nine military and naval stations of Gib- 

 raltar, Malta, Cape Colony and Natal, Mauri- 

 tius, Bermuda, St. Helena, Cyprus, and Hong- 

 Kong. 



The following table gives the area and popu- 

 lation of the colonies, dependencies, and mili- 

 tary and naval stations composing the British 

 colonial empire, with the statistics of com- 

 merce and finance in 1881 of most of the 

 colonies : 



* Not including the Kuria Muria islands, Mosha, Kamaran, and Keeling islands, the total area of which is less than one 

 hundred square miles. 



t Not including the Chatham islands. Norfolk island, and the islands of Auckland. Lord Howe, Caroline. Starbuck, Mai- 

 den, and Fanning. The natives of Australia, estimated at 55,000, and the Maoris of New Zealand, numbering 44,000, are 

 not included. 



$ Not including Whale Bay, Tristan da Cunha, New Amsterdam, and St. Paul. 



The railroad mileage in operation in British 

 colonies at the beginning of 1882 was as follows : 



COLONIES. Miles. 



British India 9,875 



Canada 7,260 



Australia, etc 5,426 



Cape Colony 959 



Ceylon 178 



Natal , . 98i 



Mauritius 82 



COLONIES. 



Trinidad 



Jamaica 



Guiana 



Miles. 



Total. 



The telegraph lines of India, Ceylon, Austral- 

 asia, and Cape Colony, had an aggregate length 

 of 53,156 miles. 



