Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-05-22
THE SUBJECT RACES
oNE.THIRo OF THE PEOPLE

Vast Alien Colonies Governed by
Men Of Foreign Linease-stronger
Nations Of the North Control TropIe
Countries.
The area, population. commerce anG
methods OF government OF the colonies
of the world are discussed in detail by
a monograph Just issued by the Treas
ury Bureau of Statistics. entitled Co
lonial Administration. ls00-lsO0."
IL shows that the colonies. so-called.
of the world, including In this term all
territory not contiguous TO the coun-
try by whose government II Is con
trolled. occupy one-fifth OF the land
surface OF the globe and contain one
third OF the worlds population, or
about 900, 700, 900 people. or this colo
nial population OF 5oO.OoO.ooo. only
three small groups, numbering less.
than Il. 100000 population. or eight per
cent. of the whole. are composed In any
considerable degree OF the people or
their descendants. The principal col
onles composed OF people from the gov
erning country or their descendants
are the British colonies OF British
North America. Australia and South
Africa. The remaining is5.ooo.ooo peo-
pie, governed by countries not conug-
nous TO that which they occupy. are OF
different stock from that OF the gov
erning country. and less than one per
cent, of their population Is OF the ma
tlonality which administers the gov
ernment. Practically all OF Africa.
OceanIca and southern Asia are gov
erled By countries not contiguous TO
the territory in question. All the gov
ernlng countries are located In the tenn
perate zone, and practically all OF tho
territory governed as colonies Is, with
the exception OF Canada. southern Aus
tralia and New Zealand. tropical or
sub-tropIcal.
The is5.000.O00 people Of stock dif-
fercnt from that OF the governing coun-
try, and located In the tropics, are d.
vlded into three great eroups-East In
dian, West Indian and Africa. Tho
East Indian. or Oriental group, ia-
cludes the British colonies OF India.
Ceylon. the Mnyiayan peninsula, FIJI
and Borneo: the Ditch colonies OF Java
and Sumaira. and the French colony
Of Indo- China-ali located compara-
lively near to the Philippines and hay-
ing a population. climate and other
conditions somewhat similar to those
Of the Philippines. The second group.
the West Indian. includes colonies gov
erncd by tho British. French. Dutch
and Danish governments: the third
group. Africa and adjacen, Islands. In
ciudes territory governed by Great
Britain. France. Germany. Italy. Por-
tugni and Belgium.
The population of the British COL
onics is In round numbers 35o.0oo.ooO.
that OF the French colonies $1,000. .cco.
Netherlands colonies 35.0oo.oo0. Bel
g!nn colonies 10000. 900: German colo
nics 100000. Portuguese colonies. p
600. 600. and Spanish colonies l3s.oco.
while the non-contisuous territory gov
erned by the United States has popu-
iation OF abou, io.000. 600. OF tho pop
ulation of $50. .0G0. 900 thus governed by
Great Britain. nearly 3oo.o0o.o0o are In
the East Indian group. 35.oco.Oeo IN
Africa and less than 100000 In the
West indies. or the Dutch colonies 3s.-
100000 are In the Eas; Indian group
and 50.00o In the West indies. or tho
French colonies about a5.o0o.0oo are In
the East Indian group. 25.0oo.0co IN
Africa and 100000 In the West Indies.