Arizona republican., 1899-02-06
An Interesting Publication Just
 Issued by Uncle Sam.
BUY OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY
There are I26 Colonies, Protector afeS and DependenCeS Of inc World and Their Total Imports are of an Average Value of $I,5OO,OOO,OOO AnnuaIly--Greaf B itain, Of CouSe, in inc Lead.

Washington, Feb. 5.-(Special)-
 'The Colonies, Protectorates, and De-
 pendencies of the World, their Area,
 Population, Revenues and Commerce.
 and the Share of the Mother Country
 in their Commerce" is the title of
 publication just issued by the treasury
 bureau of statistics.
 The colonies, prCtectorates and de-
 pendencies of the world number 126.
 They occupy two-fifths of the land sur- l face of the globe and their population
 is one-third of the entire people of the
 earth. Their total imports average i $1 800, ,000, 900 worth of goods annually,
 and of this vast sum more than 40 per
 cent is purchased from the mother
 country. Of their exports, which con
 siderably exceed their imports, 40 per
 cent goes ito the mother country. Large
 sums are annually expended in the
 construction of roads, canals, railways, telegraphs, postal service. schools, etc.
 but in most cases the present annual
 expenditures are produced by local rev.
 enues or are represented by local ob-
 legations. The revenues of the Brit
 ish colonies in 1897 were e151 100000
 and their expenditures 9149,0O0, 900.
 While the public debt in the more im-
 portant and active of these communi- ties aggregates a large sum, it is rep resented by canals, railways, public highways, harbors, irrigation and other public improvements intended to stimulate commerce and production, the railroads in operation in the Brit ish colonies alone aggregating 55,000 miles.
 Of the 126 colonies, protectorates, de- pendencies and spheres of influence which make up the total list, two-ffths belong to Great Britain, their area ln- cluding the native feudatory states of India) being one-half of the grand total of colonial territory and their population considerably more than One-half the grand total of colonial population. France is next in order in number, area and population of col onies, etc., though the area controlled by France is but about one-third that of Great Britain, and the population of her colonies less than one-sixth of those of Great Britain. Commerce be- tween the successful colonies and their mother countries is in nearly all cases placed upon practically the same basis as that with other countries. goods from the home countries receiving in the vast majority of cases no advan- tages over those from other countries d11fio oil of this character. In the more pros porous and progressive colonies the percentage of importations from the mother countries grows somewhat less as the business and prosperity increase. The chief British colonies in North America Canada and Newfoundland which in 1871 took 50 per cent of their from the home country, took in 1896 less than 30 per cent from Great Britain; those of South Africa Cape Colony and NataD which in 1871 .ook S3 per cent from the home coun- Try, took but 71 per cent in 1896; those 0f Australia and the adjacent islands, which in 1876 took AS per cent from he home country, in 1896 took but 40 per cent. The French colonies now .ake from the home country about 42 per cent of their total imports, while he British colonies obtain about all of their total imports from the home country.
 The tables show:
 1. The colonies, protectorates, de- tendencies and spheres of influence" 'f various countries of the world hay ng possessions of this character, with lrea, population and number of colo lies in each case.
 ?. The British colonies, protector ties, dependencies, etc, with area, population, revenue, expenditures, in- shipping and railways, also he imports and exports and the share If the home government therein.
 3. The commerce of the British col nies and the share of the United King om therein, at 25 intervals from 1871 o 1896
 4. French colonies, protectorates nd dependencies, showing their area, population, location and date of ac- uisition.
 5 Commerce of the principal 'rench colonies, with the share of rance in the same at at the latest at linable dates.
 6. The German colonies, protector tes and dependencies, with area, pop latiOn, location date of acquisition, nd form of government.
 2. The Netherlands colonies and de-