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THE statesman's YEAR-BOOK, 1913

THE BRITISH EMPIRE,

A

•ea, j

Population.

Revenue.

1S62-1

1912

1861

1911

1861-2 1,000;

1911-2

Sq. mis.

Sq. mis. !

Thous.

Thous.

1,000/.

Caije of Good Hope

104,9.31

270,995 1

230

2,565

716

Natal ....

14,397

35,371

158

1,194

109

• 17,285

Transvaal 2 ,

110.426

1,686

Oranaie Free State 2

50,392

528

}

Rhodesia 2 .

439,575

1

1,750

1,164

SAvazilaud2 .

6,536

102

57

Basuto]and2

11,716

— ,

405

145

Bechuanaland 2 •

275,000

120

59

Total Africa

120,005

2,233,478

904

35,981

1,399

24,968

Australasia, %^c.:

'

Australia

2,475,811

2,974,581

1,203

4,568

6.897

50,616

New Zealand

106,259

104,751

155

1,038

1,269

11,149

Papua 2

90,540

280

— ■

4()

Fiji 2 .

7,435

140

241

Tonga, Solomon and Gilbert

Islands 2 ,

15,370

203

78

Total Australasia, &c

. 2,582,070

3,192,077

1,358

6,229

8,166

62,130

America :

Canada

592,160

3,729,605

3,059

7,205

2,236

27,978

Newfoundland and Labradoj

40,200

102,734

123

243

117

725

British Honduras

18,500

8,598

20

41

27

247

British Guiana .

70,000

90,500

155

296

283

594

Bermuda

24

19

11

19

22

77

Bahamas

2,921

4,404

35

56

40

80

Turks and Caicos Islands

166

166

4

6

11

8

Jamaica

6,400

4,207

441

842

291

1,356

Windward Islands

514

506

91

100

56

205

Barbados

166

166

153

173

94

222

Leeward Islands .

731

701

100

132

89

175

Trinidad and Tobago .

1,851

1,868

99

340

209

951

Falkland Islands .

7,600

7,500

1

3

8

24

Total Americ

I 742,233

4,011,037

4,304

9,516

3,483

32,648

Summary.

United Kingdom .

119,924

121,391

29,071

45,653

69,674

185,090

Europe

. ! 1,15S

119

387

235

186

543

Asia 8 .

. 1 1,030,565

1,255,731

145,591

252,700

46,257

92,729

Africa .

126,605

2,233,478

904

35,981

1,399

24,968

Australia, &c.

. 2,582 070

3,192.677

1,358

6,229

8,166

62.130

America

742,233

4,011,037

4,304

9,516

3,483

32,648

Total British E:r

ipire

9 4,602,555

10,814,433

181,015

350,314

129,165

398,108

2 Not included in the British Empire at tlie earlier date.

'i The areas given for 1862 are those as then ascertained.

^ Includes British India only. 8 Excludes ludiaii Native States.

^ The totals are incomplete, as the information is, in some cases, not available.