CONTENTS
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| Part the First. THE BRITISH EMPIRE. | ||
| Reigning King and Emperor | 3 | |
| I. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland— | ||
| Constitution and Government | 4 | |
| Area and Population | 12 | |
| Religion | 25 | |
| Instruction | 29 | |
| Justice and Crime | 34 | |
| National Insurance | 37 | |
| Old Age Pensions | 38 | |
| Pauperism | 39 | |
| Finance | 40 | |
| Defence | 50 | |
| Production and Industry | 60 | |
| Commerce | 72 | |
| Shipping and Navigation | 80 | |
| Internal Communications | 82 | |
| Money and Credit | 86 | |
| Money, Weights, and Measures | 89 | |
| Isle of Man | 90 | |
| Channel Islands | 91 | |
| Books of Reference | 92 | |
| II. India, the Colonies, Protectorates, and Dependencies— | ||
| Europe— | ||
| Gibraltar | 99 | |
| Malta | 100 | |
| Asia— | ||
| Aden, Perim, Sokotra, &c. | 102 | |
| Bahrein Islands | 103 | |
| Borneo (British) | 104 | |
| Ceylon— | ||
| Constitution and Government | 107 | |
| Area and Population | 107 | |
| Religion and Instruction | 108 | |
| Justice, Crime, and Pauperism | 109 | |
| Finance | 109 | |
| Defence | 109 | |
| Production and Industry | 110 | |
| Commerce | 110 | |
| Shipping and Communications | 111 | |
| Money and Credit | 111 | |
| Dependency | 111 | |
| Books of Reference | 111 | |
| Cyprus | 112 | |
| Hong Kong— | ||
| Constitution and Government | 115 | |
| Area and Population | 115 | |
| Instruction | 116 | |
| Justice and Crime | 116 | |
| Finance | 116 | |
| Defence | 117 | |
| Industry, Commerce and Shipping | 117 | |
| Money and Credit | 118 | |
| Money, Weights, and Measures | 118 | |
| Books of Reference | 119 | |
| India and Dependencies— | ||
| Government and Constitution | 119 | |
| Area and Population | 123 | |
| Religion | 129 | |
| Instruction | 130 | |
| Justice and Crime | 131 | |
| Finance | 132 | |
| Defence | 136 | |
| Production and Industry | 137 | |
| Commerce | 141 | |
| Shipping and Navigation | 147 | |
| Internal Communications | 148 | |
