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Abdul Hamib, 735

Aden, 729

Afghanistan, 653-662, 737

Africa, East, 861-876; cable connection with, 264

Africa, South. See South Africa

Africa, West, 835-860; cable connection with, 265; liquor traffic, 555; slavery in, 849-854; taxation, 855

Akbar, 624, 688

Alaska boundary dispute, 342

Alfred the Great, 232

Alliance, Anglo-Japanese, 198, 665, 749

Alliances, Dual and Triple, 18

America, South, trade with, 102

America, United States of, 17; education, 64; exports, value of, 77-80; National Debt, 74; naval power, 189, 198; population, 72, 73, 109; trade, 80, 102

Anglo-Japanese alliance, 198, 665, 749

Appeal Court, 48-50

Argentina, 83, 104

Army, 229

Arnold-Forster, Mr., 186, 188, 244

Aubry. Dr. Pierre, 138

Aurungzebe, 628

Australia, 424, 446; cable connection with, 269; defence, 231; federation, 427 et seq., 449, 553; military system, 233-240, 243; progressive legislation, 455; public debt, 453; trade, value of, 54 et seq.; wheat exports, 460

Australia, relations with New Zealand, 475


Baghdad Railway, 733

Balfour, Mr. Arthur, 222, 225

Balfour of Burleigh, Lord, 253

Barnes, Sir Hugh, 725

Barton, Sir Edmund, 240. 427, 429, 431

Beaconsfield, Earl of, 153

Belgium, 231

Board of Trade classification of markets, 86

Bolingbroke, Viscount, 32

Bourassa, Mr. H., 383

Bradley, Mr. A. G., 378

Brazil, 104

Brentano, Ligo, 90

British cotton-growing Association, 123, 879

British Empire, the, 19-28, 215, 817 defence of, 174-196; maintenance, 22 military forces and expenditure, 247 population, 72, 109, 298; trade, 54, 77, 297

British South Africa Company, 573

Browne, Sir J. Crichton, 882

Bryce, Mr. James, 384

Burma, 716-727

Burt, Mr. Thomas, 511

Bussy, 627


Cable codes, 281

Cable finance, 282

Cables, British, 249 et seq.; Canadian, 412

Cairns, Earl, 48

Calwer, Herr Richard, 98

Canada, 35, 351-884, 409; agriculture, 385-402; cable connection with, 250, 412; defence, 187, 230; education. 361; federation, 405, 556; French-Canadians in, 35, 340, 375, 381, 420; imports, 118; interests in the Pacific, 416-418; military system, 240, 371; population, 359; preferential tariff, 105, 379, 405; revenue, 358; trade, value of, 54 et seq.

Canadian Pacific Railway, 856, 405, 410, 416

Canning, Lord, 647

Cape Colony, 563, 577, 587; trade returns, 590

Cape to Cairo Railway, 865

Cape wine, 150

Cudwell, Lord, 282

Caye, Mr., 164

Ceylon, 706-715; 831; Legislature, 718; population, 708; products, 711; trade, 714, 830;

Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 49, 96, 123-148, 226, 313, 335, 497, 498, 595, 646 850, 880, 885

Chamber of Commerce Congress, 415

Charlemagne, 8, 288

Charles I., 31, 290

Charles II., 291, 627

Chicago Reciprocity Congress, 90

China, 99, 740 et seq., 832; British settlements in, 744-746

Chinese labour, 505

Christianity in Uganda, 865

Church, the, and the Empire, 166-173

Clarke, Sir G. S., 66, 205, 208

Clive, Lord, 628, 647

Coast defence, 207

Cobden, Richard, 84, 179

Codes, cable, 281

Coffee trade, effects of Preference, 148

Colonial Conference, 339; education, 162; federation, 68; preference, 145 et seq.; table of duties, 151; tariffs, table of, 117

Connaught, Duke of, 694

Coote, Eyre, 647

Cornwallis, Lord, 629

Coronation durbar, 694

Cotton growing, 573

Courtney, Mr. Leonard. 75

Cowley, Mr. R. H., 396

Cromer, Lord, 257, 760-772

Cromwell, Oliver, 320

Cromwell, Thomas, 289

Crown Colonies administration, 883

Crown, Imperial importance of the, 34, 37, 42, 47, 696

Cuba and the United States, 103

Curzon, Lord, 604, 636, 639, 692, 702, 730


Dalhousie, Lord, 630, 647

Daly, Sir Henry, 691

Dante, 9

Davidson, Professor, quoted, 152

Deakin, Mr. Alfred, 333, 347, 429. 431, 445, 469

Defence Committee, 41, 47

Delagoa Bay, trade returns, 590

De Lanessan, M., 202

Delhi durbar, 29

De Mist's ordinanoe, 575

Devonshire, Duke of, 131

De Wet. General, 501

Dingley Tariff, the, 90, 408

Dockwra, 291

Dockyards, value of, 210

Domville, Sir Compton, 211

Dreadnought, H.M.S., 200, 209

Drummond, Sir George, 368

Dufferin, Marquis of, 376, 377, 621, 634, 639, 691

Dundonald, Lord, 449

Dupleiz, 627

Dyananda, Swami, 615


East See also Far East

Eastern Telegraph Company, 256

East India Company, 624 et seq., 827

Education, 64, 160; in Canada, 361; in India, 696-706

Edward VIII., 29; as 'British Emperor,' 30, 692

Egypt, 760; system of administration, 770

Elphinstone, Sir Mountstuart, 599, 647

Empire, definition, 6. See under British, Roman, etc.


Far East. 740 et seq., 831; cable connection with, 274

Federation. See Imperial, Colonial, and under Colonies

Fitch, Ralph, 624

Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy, 512

Foreign Tariffs, table of, 117

Formosa, 101

Foster, Mr., 404

France, exports value of, 77, 80, 91; National Debt, 74; navy of, 202, 211; trade, value of, 78

France in Asia, 833

Frederick II. of Germany, 9

Free Trade, generally examined, 106-143; generally supported, 144-169

French-Canadians, 86, 381, 420; and the South African War, 340, 376

French in India, 627

Fuchs, Professor, 75


Germany, commercial methods of, 62; education, 64; exports, 77, 80, 91, 96, 112, 118; external energy, 15; National Debt, 74, 137; navy, 201, 211; population, 72, 73, 109; trade, value of, 78; unification of, 15

Germany in Asia, 733, 833

Goldie, Sir G., 843

Gordon, General C. G., 762

Goschen, Viscount, 499

Gould, Mr. Jay. 253

Great Britain, defence of, 188; exports, 77-80, 86 et seq.; imports from Germany, 91; from United States. 91; from France, 91; merchant shipping, 202; military forces, 248; National Debt, 74, 137; navy. 185, 197-226; the Imperial banker, 59; trade, value of, 54, 78

Grey, Sir George, 476, 576

Gurlitt, Dr. Ladwig, 160


Haldane, Mr. R. B., 41, 42

Harrison, Mr. Frederic, 484

Hastings, Warren. 628, 647

Henry the Navigator, 14

Henry VIII., 28

Hicks-Beaoh, Sir M., 75, 80, 109, 121, 264

Hill, John, 291

Hill, Rowland, 292

Hofmeyr, Mr., 128, 199

Holy Roman Empire, the, 8

Hong Kong, 789. 880

Hudson Bay Company, 819

Hutton, Sir Edward. 480. 449


Imperial Cabinet Committee and Commission, 44

Imperial Federation, 89, 42

Imperial Federation (Defence) Committee,225

Imperialism, definition of, 16; British and Roman, 25

India, 20, 621-650, 728; army of, 666-681; cable connection with, 254; Civil Service, 648; defence of, 185, 230, 662; divisions of people, 621; education, 696-706, irrigation, 641; Native States, 682; population, 621, 644; Post-Office, 642; trade, value of, 54, 56, 649

Indian Universities Act, 705

Indo-European Telegraph Company, 255

Inter-Departmental Committee on Cable Communications, 253

Italy, unification of, 15


Jamaica, 879

Jameson, Dr., 505

Japan, 17, 88, 98, 165. 743, 760 et seq., 832; army of, 176, 652; revenue, 753; trade, 752


Keshub Chunder Sen, 606, 615

Kitchener, Lord, 499, 673, 680, 764

Kruger, Paul, 483, 485, 494, 496, 529


Labour, Australian, 434-445

Labour, efficiency of, 80

Labourdonnais, 627

Lamb, Charles, 305

Lansdowne, Marquis of; 244, 684, 786

Laurier, Sir W., 82, 228, 341, 381, 406, 418

Law of the Empire, 37-51

Lawrence, Henry, 647

Lawrence, John, 647

Lawrence, Stringer, 647

Leggo, Mr.; 815

Letters, statistics of, 314

Lords, House of, 48

Louis XIV., 25

Louis XVI., 279

Lowe, Robert, 148, 159

Lyall, Sir Alfred, 626

Lytton, Lord. 693


MacDougall, Sir Patrick, 240

McGill University. 162

McKinley Tariff, 406

Mahdi, the, 801

Mahmud Ali Khan, Mir, 685

Malay Peninsula. 738, 831

Malcolm, Sir John. 599, 610, 647

Medieval Empire, the, 9

Menelik. 802

Mercantile marine. See Shipping

Militia, the, 282, 240, 241, 371

Miller, Dr., 848

Milner, Viscount, 479, 492-520, 522

Mining in South Africa, 587-598; value of output, 589

Macdonald, Sir W. C, 390, 394-402

Monarch, power of, 29-82

Morley, Mr. John, 484

Morning Post on Australian labour, 484

Morocco, trade with, 98

Morris, Sir Daniel, 881


Napier, Sir Charles, 647

Napoleon, 10, 25, 27, 76

Natal, 560, 585, 587; trade returns. 590

National Debt of England, 74; of Germany, 74; of France, 74; of United States. 74

National Militia Army, 243

Nationality, rise of, 18; cause of strength. 140

Native Affairs Commission, 548

Natives, future of, 821

Navigation Laws, the, 107, 320

Navy, 185, 197-226; and Colonies' expenditure on. 72, 191

Nelson, Lord, 197, 204; his Great Order, 205

Neutral markets, 98

Newcastle, Duke of, 153

New Zealand, 462; cable connection with, 273, 478; population, 464; progressive laws, 465; sport, 470; trade, value of, 54 et seq., 472

New Zealand and the Australian Commonwealth, 475

Nigeria, 848-849, 857

Nile, the, described, 778-799. 809-816


O'Connor, Mr. R. E., 429

Okuma, Count, 100

Orange River Colony, 567, 577 582

Otto the Great, 9


Pacific Cable Committee, 250

Palmer, John, 291

Palmerston, Viscount, 602

Parkes, Sir Harry, 751

Parliament, Imperial, 38

Parliaments, Australian, 429, 431

Pearson, Professor C. H., 457

Pender, Sir John, 265

Persian Gulf, 729

Pertab Singh, Sir, 619, 686

Philip II. of Spain, 10, 25

Pitt, William, 292, 517, 628, 647

Pollock, Sir Frederick, 41, 46, 38

Postal services, early. 288-294; rates, 294, 303, 368; speeds, 295, 305, 306

Postal Union, 309

'Postmaster for Foreign Posts,' 298

Preference, 68

Premiers, conference of, 44

Prime Minister, his responsibility, 29


Raffles, Stamford, 827

Ram Mohan Roy, 615

Reciprocity, Canadian, 405

Reciprocity Congress at Chicago, 90

Reeves, Mr. H. P., 43

Reformation, political effects of, 10

Reid, Mr., 240, 431

Reid, Mr. Whitelaw, 317

Rhodes, Cecil, 479, 482-492, 545

Rhodes scholarships, 164

Rhodesia, 569, 585, 589, 592

Rimington, General, 449

Ripon, Marquis of, 180

Roberts, Earl, 618, 647

Roe, Sir Thomas, 625

Roman Empire, the, 6, 17

Roosevelt, President. 189

Rosebery, Earl of, 130, 518, 751

Rosmead, Lord, 483, 492

Russell, Lord John, 293

Russia, 19; navy of, 211; population, 657

Russian designs on Asia, 833

Russian designs on India, 655-662, 782


St Hyacinths Dairy School, 889

Salar Jung, Sir, 685

Salisbury, Marquis of, 153, 245, 313

Sayad Ahmed Khan, Sir, 601

Scandinavia, British trade with, 96

Schreiner, Mr., 504

Seddon, Mr. Richard. 476

Selborne, Earl, 448

Shaw, Mr., and the Dingley Tariff, 90

Shipbuilding, British, 323

Ship-Letter Act, 302

Shipping. British, 318; growth of, 321; foreign restrictions on, 326

Shipping, foreign, 328

Shishadri Ayer, Sir, 686

Siam, 787

Singapore, 738, 831

'Six Hatters,' the, 441

Slavery, 849-854

Smith, Adam, 83, 107

Smuts, Mr. J. C, 501

Socialism in Australia, 439, 454; in New Zealand, 466

Solano, Mr. E. John, 380

South Africa, 521; cable connection with, 268; education in, 528, 575-586; land settlement of, 560; mining industry, 587-598; natives, 539-556; population, 596; railways, 528; trade, value of, 54, 56 et seq.; war in, 194

South African Federation Act, 41

Spain, Empire of, 10

Stanley, Lord, 868

Stout, Sir Robert, 476

Strachey, Sir John, 611, 640

Straits Settlements, 827 et seq.

Subsidies, 68, 307, 308

Sudan, the, 800 et seq.; products of, 806

Sugar trade, effects of preference on, 147

Swettenham, Sir Frank, 739


Tariff Reform League, proposals of, 96, 123-143

Tariffs, table of, 117, 125; examined, 126

Tasmania, cable connection with, 273

Taylor, Sir Henry, 153

Tibet Expedition, 609

Timber trade, effects of preference, 146

Todd, Sir Charles, 269

Trade, Imperial, 52 et seq.

Transvaal, 565, 577, 585, 589, 888

Tuke, Sir Brian, 289

Turkey, trade with, 97


Uganda, 778, 862-876

Undesirable Immigrant Act, 441

United Kingdom. See Great Britain

United States. See America

Universal Empire, the theory of, 9


Victoria, Queen, 32, 493, 605, 624, 693

'Vidi,' quoted, 168

Vivekenanda, Swami, 612

Vogel, Sir Julius, 476


Waghorn, Lieatenant, 302

Wagner, Professor A., 189 note

Walpole, Sir Spencer, 154

Warren. Sir Charles, 483

Watson, Lord, 48

Watson, Mr., 240, 432, 444

Webster, Daniel, quoted, 134

West Indies, 64, 147, 877-882; cable connection with, 261

Wheat, British imports of, 105, 122, 460

Willcocks, Sir William, 735

William II., Kaiser, 735

Witherings, 290, 298

Wood, Major William, 367


'Yellow Peril,' the 607

Yeomanry, the, 244