New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
THE COLONIES OF THE WORLD
THEIR AREA. POPULATION, REVENUES
AND COMMERCE
SOME 1NTrREsTING FACTS AND FIGURES GIVEN
BY THE TREASURY BUREAU or STATISTICS.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TnIBrNr.l

SOME INTERFERING FACTS AND FIGURES GIVEN
BY THE TREASURY BUREAU OF STATISTICS
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TEBUYEl
Washington Feb The Colonies Protector
ates and Dependencies OF the World Their Area.
Population Revenues and Commerce. and the
Share OF the Mother Country In Their Commerce.
Is the title Of a publication just issued by the
Treasury Bureau OF Statistics. The colonies. pro
tectorates and dependencies Of the world number
l2G. They occupy two-nfths Of the land surface OF
the globe and their population is one-third Of the
entire people OF the earth. Their total imports
average $l.50coO0) OF goods annually ana OF THIS
vast sum more than 20 per cent Is purchased from
mother countries. or their exports which consid-
erably exceed their imports 80 cent goes 70 the
mother countries. Large sums are annually eX-
pended I'm the construction OF roads. canals. rail
WAYS teegraphs postal service. schools. etc. but
IN most cases the present annual expenditures are
produced by local revenues or are represented hy
local obligations. The revenues Of the British col
onies in 1897 100000. and their expenditures
n49OcOco While the public debt I'm the more I'M
portant and active OF these communities aggregates
A large sum II IS represented by canals railways
public highways harbors irrigation and other pub
lie improvements. intended to stimulate commerc"
and production the railroads In operation tn the
OF the l26 colonies. protectorates. dependencies
and spheres OF influence which make mp the list
two-hfths belong 10 Great Britain their area I'm
one-half of the grand total of colonial territory.
and their population considerably more than one
half the grand total OF colonial population France
& next IN order in number. area and population or
colonies. etc. though the area controlled by France
II only about one-third that OF Great Britain and
the population OF her colonies Less than on"-sixth
OF those ~ Great Britain. Commerce between the
successful colonies md their mother countries Is
IN nearly all cases placed on practically the same
basis as that with other countries. goods fro'n the
home countries receiving In the vast majority OF
cases no advantages over those from other coun-
tries in import duties and other eXactions OF this
character In the more prosperous and progressive
colonies tho percentage OF importations from the
mother countries grows somewhat less as business
and prosperity increase. The chief British colonies
H. North America Canada and Newfoundland
which f. ls7' took ~ per cent ~ their mportauons
from che home country took IN 1896 less than 81
per cent from Great Britain. nose Of South Africa
Cape Colony and NataD. which In 1871 took 70 per
cent from tho home country. took only Il per cent
in 1876. those Of Australia and the adjacent ISL
ands which IN 1916 took IS per cent from the home
country in 1896 took only ~ per cent. The French
colonies nov take from the home country about
- per cent Of their total imports
The principal colony holding countries are.