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TREASURY DEPARTMENT-BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION,

1800-1900.

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METHODS OF GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ADOPTED BY THE PRINCIPAL
COLONIZING NATIONS IN THEIR CONTROL OF TROPICAL AND

OTHER COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

WITH STATISTICAL STATEMENTS OF THE AREA, POPULATION, COMMERCE,
REVENUE, ETC., OF EACH OF THE WORLD'S COLONIES.

CONTENTS.

COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.

COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION, 1800-1900

Six great questions regarding the methods of governing and developing tropical colonies and their people................

1. What share of the government of the successfully managed colony originates at the seat of the home Government?

2. What share of the administration within the colony is conducted by representatives of the home Government?

3. What steps are taken to improve the material, mental, and moral condition of the people of the colony?..

4. How are habits of industry and thrift inculcated among the natives?

5. How are the necessary funds for the conduct of the colonial government raised?

6. Commercial and tariff relation between the colonies and their governing countries

Area and population of world's colonies

Review of the colonizing experiences of the century.

Share of government conducted in the mother country

Administration at the seat of the home government ...

British Crown colony system described by Earl Grey.

Government in the colony and the share intrusted to the natives.

Revenue raising in the world's colonies: Methods described.

Tariff relations of the world's colonies to the mother country

Colonial supply of tropical products for the mother country..

Tropical importations of the temperate zone

Colonies a constant market for manufactures..

Tariffs adjusted to facilitate exchange between colonies and the mother country

Summarization of the results of the study of colonial methods..

Discussions by distinguished writers and students

Description of each of the world's colonies: Population, area, commerce, revenue, etc.

Statistics of the world's colonies....

Bibliography of colonies and colonization (prepared by Library of Congress)

MAPS.-Colonial system of the world.....

Geographical divisions of the world, 1800-1900 .

(For index to Colonial Administration, see pp. 1627-1631.)

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