The state herald., 1903-05-22
THE SUBJECT RACES
oNE-THIRD OF THE PEOPLE

l
Vast Alien Colonies Governed by
Men of Foreign Linease-stronge
Nations of the North Control Tropic
Countries.
The area, population, commerce and
| 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, 1S0O-1900"
1t shows that the colonies, sO-calledr
OF the world, including in this term all
territory not contiguous to the coun-
try by whose government it is CON
trolled, occupy one-ffth of the land
surface of the globe and contain one
| third of the worlds population, or
| about 5O0,O00,000 people. OF this colo
nial population of 500,0OO,000, only
| three small groups, numbering less
than 100000 population. or eight per
cent. of the whole, are composed in any
considerable degree of the people or
their descendants. The principal col
onies 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 4S5,000,0e0 peo-
pie, governed by countries not Sontig-
uous 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
tionality which administers the gov
crnment. Practically all of Africa,
Oceanica and southern Asia are gov
erned by countries not contiguous to
no. L., t-,, A h.
erning countries are located in the tenn
perate zone, and practically all Of the
territory governed as colonies Is, with
the exception of Canada, southern Aus
tralia and New Zealand, tropical or
sub-tropical
The 4S5 900 900 people of stock dil-
ferent from that of the governing corrl-
try, and located in the tropics, are di-
vided into three great groups-East In
dian, West Indian and Africa. The
East Indian. or Oriental group. In
cludes the British colonies of India.
Ceylon, the Maylayan peninsula, Fiji
and Borneo: the Ditch colonies Of Java
and Sumatra. and the French colony
of Jndo-C -China-all located compara-
lively near to the Philippines and hav-
ing n population, climate and other
conditions somewhat similar 10 tnose
of the Philippines. The second group,
the West Indian, includes colonies gov
erned by the British, French, Dutch
and Danish governments; the third
group, Africa and adjacent islands, in
cludes territory governed by Great
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Por-
tugal and Belgium.
The population of the British col
onies is in round numbers $50, 900.
that Of the French colonies 5G,00o,O0O-
Netherlands colonies 35,000,00s, Bel
gian colonies 30,O00.OO0; German colo
MES 100000, Portuguese colonies, D.
100000. and Spanish colonies l35, 900,
while the non-contiguous territory gov
erned by the United States has popu-
lation of about 100000, of tho pop
ulation of 350,0O0,0O0 thus governed by
Great Britain. nearly 3O0.00O.000 are in
the East Indian group. 35,00o,000 in
Africa and less than 100000 in the
West Indies. OF the Dutch colonies 35.-
100000 are in the East Indian group
and 10000 in the West Indies OF the
French colonies about 100000 are in
the East Indian group, 25.00O,ooo In
Africa and 100000 in the West Indies.