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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 30
British Colonies and Possessions
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British Colonies and Possessions.
| Name. | Where Situated. | How and When Acquired. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aden | Southern Arabia | Captured | 1839 |
| Ascension | South Atlantic Ocean | Taken Possession of | 1815 |
| Bahamas | West Indies | Colonised, 1629; finally ceded | 1783 |
| Basuto Land | South Africa | Annexed | 1871 |
| Bermudas | North Atlantic Ocean | Settlement | 1609 |
| Canada | |||
| Ontario and Quebec | North America | Capitulation | 1759-90 |
| Nova Scotia and N. Brunswick. | North America | Settlement, 1623; ceded to France, 1667; restored | 1713 |
| Cape Colony | South Africa | Capitulation, 1806; cession | 1815 |
| Ceylon | Indian Ocean | Captured, 1796; cession | 1815 |
| Cyprus | Mediterranean Sea | Treaty | 1878 |
| Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Cession | 1771 |
| Fiji Islands | South Pacific Ocean | Cession. | 1874 |
| Gambia | West Africa | Settlement | 1588 |
| Gibraltar | Mediterranean Sea | Capitulation | 1704 |
| Greenland | Arctic Ocean | Discovery | 1585 |
| Gold Coast | West Africa | Settlement, 1664; ceded | 1872 |
| Guiana | South America | Captured, 1781; treaty | 1815 |
| Heligoland | North Sea | Capture | 1807 |
| Honduras | Central America | Treaty . | 1783page 21 |
| India | Southern Asia | Settlement, 1612; conquest | 1756-1886 |
| Jamaica | West Indies | Capture | 1655 |
| Kermadec Islands | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1886 |
| Labuan | Malaysia | Cession. | 1846 |
| Lagos | West Africa | Cession. | 1861 |
| Leeward Islands— | |||
| Montserrat, St. Christopher with Anguilla, Virgin Islands, Dominica Nevis, Antigua, and Barbuda | West Indies | Settlement | 1663 |
| Malta | Mediterranean Sea | Cession, 1628-1703; settlement | 1800 |
| Mauritius | Indian Ocean | Capture | 1810 |
| Natal | South Aprica | Settlement | 1843 |
| Newfoundland | North Atlantic Ocean | Treaty | 1713 |
| New Guinea | Melanesia | Settlement | 1884 |
| New South Wales | Melanesia | Settlement | 1788 |
| New Zealand | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1840 |
| Norfolk Island | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1825 |
| North Borneo | Malaysia | Settlement | 1878 |
| Perim | Red Sea | Settlement | 1857 |
| Queensland | Melanesia | Settlement | 1825 |
| Rotumah | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1881 |
| Sierra Leone | West Africa | Settlement | 1787 |
| South Australia | Melanesia | Settlement | 1836 |
| St. Helena | South Atlantic Ocean | Captured | 1673 |
| Straits Settlements | Straits of Malacca | Cession and purchase | 1786-1824 |
| Tasmania. | Australasia | Settlement | 1803 |
| Trinidad | West Indies | Capitulation. | 1797 |
| Turk Islands | West Indies | Cession. | 1783 |
| Victoria | Australasia | Settlement | 1803 |
| West Australia | Australasia | Settlement | 1829 |
| Windward Islands— | |||
| Grenada and the Grenadines, Tobago, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Barbadoes | West Indies | Cession. | 1605-1803 |